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Bishop  branded  a Judas  for  betraying  Catholic  church 


Madeleine  Bunting 
Religious  Affairs  Editor 


THE  disgraced  bishop 
of  Argyll  was  com- 
pared to  Judas  by 
one  of  his  former 
priests  yesterday  for  be- 
traying the  trust  of  the 
Catholic  church. 

The  culmination  of  a 
week  of  scandal  came  yes- 
terday when  the  former 
bishop,  Roderick  Wright, 
sold  his  story  to  a tabloid 
newspaper.  He  revealed 
that  he  is  planning  to 
marry  the  divorcee  parish- 
ioner, Kathleen  MacPhee, 
with  whom  he  ran  away 
two  weeks  ago,  an  action 


contrary  to  Church  teach- 
ing, which  would  in  effect 
bar  him  from  the  Catholic 
church.  Hie  sacraments  are 
denied  to  those  married  to 
divorcees. 

The  former  bishop  and 
Mrs  MacPhee  described 
from  their  rented  cottage  in 
Kendal.  Cumbria,  their 
anguish  at  falling  in  love 
and  their  attempts  to  keep 
apart;  they  claimed  they  had 
no  physical  relationship. 
There  was  little  reference  to 
the  Mr  Wright’s  former 
lover,  Joanna  Whibley  and 
his  15-year-old  son,  Kevin. 

The  revelations  were  the 
final  twist  of  the  knife  for 
British  Catholics,  after  a 
week  of  bitter  disillusion- 


ment as  compassion  for  Mr 
Wright  gave  way  to  fury  at 
his  duplicity  and  Irrespon- 
sibility over  his  previous 
relationship  with  Ms 
Whibley. 

At  St  Columba’s  cathe- 
dral, Oban,  the  church 
abandoned  its  bishop.  Fr 
Sean  MacAulay  told  wor- 
shippers; “Like  Christ  was 
betrayed  by  someone  in  his 
group  for  30  pieces  of  sil- 
ver, perhaps  we  feel  simi- 
larly betrayed." 

The  two  most  senior  fig- 
ures in  the  church  hierar- 
chy in  Scotland,  Cardinal 
Thomas  Winning  and  Arch- 
bishop Keith  O’Brien,  were 
said  to  be  in  a state  of  “sad- 
ness, total  disbelief  and 


some  depression**  at  Mr 
Wright's  latest  decision. 

The  News  of  the  World’s 
claim  that  a “modest,  five- 
figure”  sum  is  to  be  given 
to  Mrs  MacPhee’s  children 
and  will  not  directly  bene- 
fit Mr  Wright  has  done 
nothing  to  dispel  the  fury  of 
Catholics.  Churchmen  de- 
scribed the  money  as 
“tainted". 

Ann  Widdecombe,  the 
Home  Office  minister  and 
Catholic  convert,  described 
the  payment  as  the  “wages 
of  sin"  and  said  excommu- 
nication should  be  consid- 
ered. The  Church  immedi- 
ately ruled  this  out. 

But  Father  Tom  Connel- 
ly, spokesman  for  the  Cath- 


olic church  in  Scotland, 
revealed  the  anxiety  of  the 
hierarchy  that  the  bishop 
might  turn  his  back  on  the 
Church  altogether:  “What 
we  are  saying  right  now  to 
Roddy  is  that  you  should 
very  seriously  consider 
your  position.  We  hope  and 
pray  that  he  can  remain 
within  the  church." 

The  former  bishop's  in- 
terview’ with  the  News  of 
the  World  covered  five 
pages,  illustrated  with  pho- 
tos of  himself  with  Mrs 
MacPhee,  but  he  only  said 
that  be  had  a “very  guilty 
conscience”  towards  bis 
son.  Of  Ms  Whibley  he 
added:  ‘‘His  [Kevin's] 
mother  has  the  right  to  say 


all  that  she  has  said.” 

Neither  of  the  Whibleys 
attended  their  parish 
church  in  Polegate,  East 
Sussex,  yesterday,  where 
the  priest  gave  a passionate 
denouncement  of  the  for- 
mer bishop. 

“They  were  betrayed.  The 
various  families  were  be- 
trayed. The  people  of  Ar- 
gyll were  betrayed.  The 
Church  was  betrayed.  The 
Church  has  been  hurt  and 
bruised."  Fr  Dermot  Kea- 
veney  said. 

Meanwhile,  the  Catholic 
church  is  grappling  with  the 
problem  of  how  to  respond 
to  women  involved  with 
priests  and  their  children, 
after  the  crisis  prompted 


revelations  of  a string  of 
such  relationships. 

Senior  members  of  the 
Catholic  hierarchy  have 
suggested  a committee 
should  be  set  up  to  find  out 
the  extent  of  the  problem, 
but  last  week  the  Vatican 
said  the  Church  could  not 
be  expected  to  police  its 
priesthood.  Others  have 
suggested  dioceses  should 
appoint  independent  coun- 
sellors — similar  to  those 
who  handle  cases  of  child 
sexual  abuse  — who  would 
be  the  first  port  of  call  for 
priests  or  women  seeking 
help. 


Bishop  hopes  to  marry, 
page  2 


Clarke 
jumps 
on  Euro 
train 


John  Rakner  In  Dublin,  Larry 
Elliott  and  Ewan  MacAsUU 


THE  Government 
was  embroiled  in 
a fresh  civil  war 
over  Europe  last 
night  after  the 
weekend  summit 
of  finance  ministers  in  Dublin 
launched  the  final  push  for 
the  formation  of  a single  cur- 
rency in  less  than  two-and-a- 
half  years'  time. 

With  Brussels  announcing 
the  start  of  the  countdown  to 
a 1999  start  date,  Chancellor 
Kenneth  Clarke  enraged  Con- 
servative Euro-sceptics  by 
claiming  Britain  should  sign 
up  with  the  other  eight  likely 
candidates  for  monetary 
union  "if  it  was  in  the 
national  interest”. 

Some  Euro-sceptics  were 
last  night  calling  for  Mr  Clarke 
to  step  down  as  Chancellor 
after  he  agreed  with  Jacques 
Santer.  EU  Commission  presi- 
dent that  “the  movement  to  a 
single  currency  in  1999  is  now 
irreversible." 

John  Redwood  warned  that 
the  Chancellor  should  not 
lose  touch  with  the  grassroots 
of  his  party,  while  Sir  George 
Gardiner  said:  “It  would,  be 
unfortunate  to  lose  Kenneth 
Clarke  as  Chancellor  but  if  he 
insists  on  preventing  the 
party  serving  the  wishes  and 
interests  of  the  British 
people,  then  that  would  be  a 
loss  we  could  bear." 

However.  Mr  Clarke  was 
unrepentant  yesterday, 
rounding  on  “reni-a-quote 
critics"  and  backing  the  six. 
Tory  grandees  who  last  week 
called  for  a more  positive  ap- 
proach to  a single  currency. 

Amid  signs  that  the  Maas- 
tricht convergence  criteria 
for  membership  will  be  ap- 
plied flexibly  to  Include  as 
many  countries  as  possible, 
EU  officials  said  yesterday 
that  Germany,  France,  Lux- 
embourg. Austria,  Belgium, 
the  Netherlands,  Ireland  and 
Finland  were  set  to  be  part  of 
the  project  from  the  outset. 
They  are  hopeful  that  the 
European  economy  is  emerg- 
ing from  recession  and  that 


this  will  help  countries  to 
reduce  budget  deficits  over 
the  next  two  years. 

Asked  if  he  envisaged 
France,  Germany  and  a cou- 
ple of  other  countries  setting 
up  EMU  with  Britain  waiting 
on  the  sidelines,  Mr  Clarke 
replied:  “No,  I hope  that 
doesn’t  happen.  That  would 
be  the  worst  policy  of  all  — of 
the  British  doing  their  tradi- 
tional business  of  not  being 
able  to  make  their  minds  up 
and  then  joining  late.  That 
would  be  pathetic.** 

The  Dublin  talks  also  agreed 
to  a watered-down  version  of  a 
German  “stability  pact”  in 
which  sanctions  against  mem- 
bers of  the  monetary  union 
who  tail  to  show  sufficient  bud- 
getary discipline  will  be  tar 
less  draconian. 

In  addition,  finance  minis- 
ters made  progress  on  the 
framework  for  an  “ERM 
Mark  2"  to  tie  the  currencies 
of  those  countries  that  stay 
outside  the  single  currency 
bloc  to  the  euro. 

Mr  Clarke  used  the  meet- 
ing to  make  his  strongest  dec- 
laration of  faith  yet  in  both 
the  inevitability  of  EMU  and 
the  case  for  Britain  joining  in. 

“When  I oome  to  these  dis- 
cussions I get  the  feeling  ever 
more  that  clearly  it  is  going  to 
go  ahead.”  he  said. 

“I  believe  there  was  an  im- 
portant change  in  the  climate 
for  monetary  union  a taw 
months  ago.  The  big  players 
have  clearly  shown  now  that 
they  intend  it  will  happen  on 
time.'* 

Mr  Clarke  added:  “A  single 
currency  could  offer  the  pros- 
pects of  stability,  low  interest 
rates,  and  a zone  of  economic 
conditions  which  attract 
investment  and  stimulate  the 
growth  of  trade. 

■The  policy  of  the  Govern- 
ment is  that  we  would  choose 
whether  to  join  the  single  cur- 
rency when  the  most  sensible 
time  arrived. 

“We  would  be  more  popular 
in  the  country  if  some  of  my 
colleagues  or  former  col- 
leagues . . . would  stop  this  ex- 
traordinary. attempt  to  get  a 
civil  war  open  to  change  that 
policy." 


Paddy  Ashdown,  the  Liberal  Democrat  leader,  and  his  wife,  Jane,  before  this  week's  conference  in  Brighton.  He  had  a stern  message  for  Labour.  Story,  page  2 photograph:  martin  arqles 


Strikes  called  off  after  threat  of  massive  damages  at  secret  meeting 

Post  union  faces  ‘loaded  gun’ 


SeuraasMHne 
Labour  Editor 


THE  Post  Office  union 
could  face  massive 
claims  for  damages  as 
it  emerged  yesterday 
that  the  latest  strikes  were 
called  off  after  Royal  Mail 
threatened  legal  action  over  a 
balloting  technicality. 

Communication  Workers’ 
Union  leaders  were  forced  to 
abandon  two  Z4-hour  strikes 
and  agree  to  a new  ballot  last 
week,  after  Post  Office  execu- 
tives gave  an  ultimatum  to 
the  union  leader,  Alan  John- 
son, last  Wednesday. 

Unless  a new  ballot  of  deliv- 
ery and  sorting  workers  was 
held,  he  was  warned.  Royal 
Mail  would  seek  a court  in- 
junction banning  further 
strikes  and  bpen  the  union  to 
claims  for  damages  from  Post 
Office  business  users. 

The  bill  could  run  to  more 
than  £1  million,  officials  fear, 
after  Royal  Mail  discovered 
that  the  CWU  tailed  to  give 
formal  notification  of  431 
spoilt  ballot  papers  after  the 
67311  to  31,528  strike  vote  was 
announced  last  June. 

The  prospect  erf  a legal 
attack  on  the  CWU  risks  turn- 
ing the  postal  dispute  into  the 
biggest  confrontation  over 
anti-union  legislation  for  a de- 
cade. Under  the  1993  Trade 


‘This  risks  the  biggest  confrontation 
over  anti-union  legislation  for  a 
decade.  The  issue  could  blow  up 
at  the  Labour  Party  conference’ 


Union  Reform  Act  unions  Jose 
their  immunity  from  being 
sued  for  damages  if  they 
breach  a myriad  regulations, 
including  the  requirement  to 
provide  details  of  spoiled  vot- 
ing papers.  Up  to  £250,000  can 
be  awarded  to  each  litigant. 

If  any  company  sought  to 
sue  for  lost  business  as  a 
result  of  the  eight  24-hour 
strikes  staged  since  the  end  of 
June,  the  dispute  over  postal 
working  practices,  pay  and 
hours  would  be  inflamed  and 
the  issue  could  blow  up  dur- 


ing Labour  Party  conference 
at  the  end  of  this  month. 

Labour  put  intense  pres- 
sure on  the  CWU  to  call  a 
fresh  ballot  and  last  week's 
decision  was  hailed  as  sen- 
sible by  Tony  Blair's  office. 
But  one  CWU  executive  mem- 
ber said  last  night  that  the 
union  would  be  pressing  for 
support  from  the  Labour  lead- 
ership — and  a commitment 
to  change  the  law  — if  em- 
ployers tried  to  bankrupt  the 
union  over  a technicality. 

The  long-dangled  threat  of 


legal  action  came  to  a head, 
the  Guardian  has  learned,  at 
a private  meeting  between  Mr 
Johnson  and  Brian  Thomp- 
son, Royal  Mail's  personnel 
director,  last  Wednesday.  The 
legal  assault  would  only  be 
halted  if  the  24-hour  strikes 
called  for  7pm  last  Friday  and 
10pm  last  night  were  aban- 
doned. and  a ballot  held  on 
the  package  deal  offered  by 
Royal  Mail,  and  rejected  by 
the  union,  last  July.  The  exec- 
utive compromised  by  calling 
a new  ballot  on  further  indus- 
trial action  and  Royal  Mail 
dropped  its  Injunction  plans. 

But  executive  members 
said  last  night  they  believed 
that  Royal  Mail  now  had  a 
“loaded  gun  to  our  heads"  un- 
less the  legal  threat  was  con- 
fronted. Suspicions  have  also 
been  raised  about  why  the 
union's  staff  tailed  to  supply 
Royal  Mail  with  the  uncon- 
ten  tin  us  spoiled  ballot  paper 
information,  blanked  out  on 
the  letter  to  the  company. 
Union  officials  insist  it  was 
an  administrative  error. 

A Royal  Mail  spokesman 
said  last  night  that  the 
reasons  for  the  CWD's  deci- 
sion to  call  off  industrial 
action  and  reballot  had  been 
the  Government’s  threat  to 
lift  the  letter  monopoly  and 
Royal  Mail’s  insistence  that  it 
would  withdraw  its  entire 
offer  if  that  happened. 


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World  News 


;1fce  Bhutto-, 
polrficai  dynasty  .• 
paid  their  last 
respects  to  the 
prime  minister’s 

brother  who  died  In 

a gun  battle. 


Finance 


Paddy  Ashdown  , 
believes  the 
electorate  has  had 
enough  of  the 
two  main  parties' . 
‘conspiracy  to 
deceive  voters'. 


Sport 


Europe’s  women  . • 
golfers  were  brushed 
aside  on  the  final  ..- 

day  of  the  Sotheim  . 
Cup  yesterday  as 
the  US  won  all  but 
one  of  the  singles. 


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Monday  sketch 


David  Ward 


SHORTLY  after 
11.20am  on  a sun- 
filled  Saturday  in 
June,  a man  stand- 
ing on  a hill  in  Sal- 
ford saw  a wondrous  shim- 
mering and  glittering  against 
a clear  blue  sky  in  the  east 
There  were  signs  that  some- 
thing extraordinary  had  hap- 
pened In  Manchester  that  day. 
not  least  a loud  bang  and  a 
cloud  of  dust  and  smoke.  The 
watcher  soon  learned  about 
the  bomb  (the  one  we  always 
refer  to  as  the  largest  on  main- 
land Britain  since  the  end  or 
the  last  war)  that  had  devas- 
tated the  city  centre.  Bui  what 
had  caused  all  that  twinkling? 

Some  time  later  it  dawned 
on  him  that  a billion  frag- 
ments of  glass  had  reflected 
tho  qnmniwllght  after  hpirtg 
blown  into  the  air  above  the 
Arndale  Centre  by  the  IRA. 
Some  of  that  glass  lacerated 


shoppers  when  it  fell  In  Cross 
Street  and  St  Ann’s  Square. 
But  no  one  was  killed.  Man- 
chester sighed  with  relief  and 
called  in  the  glaziers. 

The  city  is  now  ihe  scaffold- 
ing capital  of  Europe.  Some 
shops  have  posters  tiling  cus- 
tomers they  have  moved  into 
temporary  premises  after 
what  are  always  described  as 
“the  events  of  June  15". 

Marks  & Spencer  has  aban- 
doned its  premises,  which 
caught  the  fell  impact  of  the 
explosion.  Behind  it,  boards 
stfll  cover  the  windows  of  the 
jail-like  offices  rising  above 
Shambles  Square.  Otherwise, 
the  square  remains  much  as  it 
was — a hideous  concrete 
space  approached  through  a 
dreary  passage  from  St 
Mary's  Gate. 

The  grand  task  force 
charged  with  overseeing  the 
rebirth  of  Manchester  has 
given  five  design  teams 
£20,000  each  to  dream  up  ideas 
for  the  transformation  of  this 
squalid  dump  and  the  rest  of 
the  city  centre.  On  November 
1 one  will  be  chosen. 

This  is  the  top-down  ap- 
proach. At  the  weekend  envi- 
ronmental activists  went  bot- 
tom-up  and.  at  the  suggestion 
of  Friends  of  the  Earth,  in- 
vited the  people  of  the  city  to 
have  their  say.  The  Manches- 
ter Local  Agenda  21  group, 
which  has  adopted  the  envi- 
ronmental aims  agreed  at  the 


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Residents’  suggestions  are  pinned  to  a model  of  the  city  r-wtograph  Christopher  THOMOf® 


Liberal  Democrats  at  Brighton 

Ashdown 

rules  out 
role  as  Blair 


United  Nations  Earth  Summit 
in  Rio  in  1992,  erected  Its  tent 
in  Shambles  Square,  set  out  a 
crude  polystyrene  city  centre 
modal  and  offered  shoppers 

litH>  lahwlaanfl  iwlrtail  lyMt-kc 

to  push  into  the  modeL 
Anawfel  lot  of  “Demolish” 
labels  were  stuck  into  the 
flimsy  yellow  tower  of  the 
Arndale  Centre,  which  trem- 


WORLD 


bled  in  the  vicious  gale  for 
which  Shambles  Square  is  no- 
torious. Other ideas  for  the 
Arndale,  the  most  derided 
shopping  space  tn  Britain,  in- 
cluded a centre  for  the  termi- 
nally ill  near  where  Top  Man 
used  to  be,  a city  farm  on  the 
site  of  Mothercare,  a needle 

OTffhflngmprttnt  linttamri  of 

WJHL  Smith  and  an  HIV  infer- 


mation  centre  where 
Littlewoods  is  trading. 

“Make  it  [Manchester]  a 
more  European  type  of  city, 
e.g.  cafes  on  the  pavement,” 
read  one  label.  “Refurbish 
ugly  Arndale  or  pull  it  down. 
Got  the  Tories  out!”  Someone 
else  demanded  that  the  struc- 


But  other  LA21  consults-  \ 

tions  suggested  that  the  flat- 
tening of  the  Arndale  would  w 
not  win  universal  applause.  -w- 
Amanda  Lee-Fisher,  who 
worked  in  an  office  in  its 
squat,  square  tower  until  the  y 
bombwant  oft  thought  it  ‘ 
could  befcrettified  with  mir- 
rors andother  decorations. 
And  Emily  Roborston,  aged 
15,  Insisted;  “The  Arndale  is 
safe  and  its  not  cold  or  windy. 
And  there  are-lots  of  shops  . 
selling  affordable  clothes.” 

Her  mum  Diana  sighed: 

"She  has  grieued  for  the  de- 
struction of  Top  Shop.”  Mrs 
Robertson  would  like  to  see 
the  Arndale  opened  out  and 
integrated  with  the  rest  of  the 
city  on  which  it  turns  its  back. 

. “This  is  a big  city  and  it's 
not  beautifeL  But  Fm  stag- 
gered by  the  changes  that 
have  happened  here  over  the 
last  20  years.  Perhaps  the 
bombers  did  us  a favour.  The 
way  everyone  has  responded 
to  the  blast  has  been  very  Man- 
cunian. People  didn't  grieve 
or  mourn.  They  responded  to 
ihe  challenge." 

' But  a woman  who  works 
nearby  gazed  disdainfully  at 
the  chewing  gum- spattered 
pavement  of  the  hated  square. 
“The  whole  of  Manchester 


and  asked  people  to  state  their 
likes  and  dlslfees  about  Man- 
chester. Some  mentioned 
vibrancy,  cultural  activity, 
“dramatic  architecture",  a 
.sente  of  tradition. 

Others  camd  up  with  ideas: 
lees  deg  mess  and  pollution, 
fewer  cars;  more  toilets, 
phones,  cycle  tracks,  trams: 
reconstruction  “for  people, 
not  greedy  developers".  Some- 
one suggested  a course  in 
town  planning  for  city  ' 
councillors. 

But  what,  ultimately,  can 
task  forcers,  green  battlers 
and  smart-planned  designers 
do  if.  say,  Marks  and  Sparks 
chooses  to  replace  its  ruin 
wife  ah  as-before  boring  com- 
mercial temple  dedicated  to  St 
Michael,  patron  saint  Of  sen- 
sible trousers?  Perhaps  we 
shculdpray  for  answers  to  St 
Denis,  patron  saint  of  the 
bombed-out  theological  book- 
shop which  has  now  found  a 
temporary  home  in  the  cathe- 


I Review 


- A string  group  from  fee 
Royal  Northern  College  of 
Music  cheered  everyone  up  by 
playing  Ravel’s  Bolero  tn  that 

dreary  nfljwpy  leading  tn 

Shambles  Square.  “You  can't 
play  here — this  is  private 
property.1 ' warned  a nervous 


needs  a dam  good  clean.  I wish  security  guard. 


the  place  was  more  like  Leeds, 
with  its  open,  streets  and  Vic- 


ture  should  be  demolished  and  torian  arcades.” 


re-erected  in  Liverpool. 


LA21  also  gave  out  forms 


What  can  St  Michael,  St 
Denis  and  all  the  design  teams 
tn  file  world  do  about  a prob- 
lem lftep  that? 


Michael  White 
Political  Editor 


PADDY 
today 
Blair  m 
Libera 


rrjrjr- jfcsaid  in  a speech  last  night  NGWSpHper 

I Editor  i Id^perately^^is  a changeof  confession 

government.  The  tired  self- 

ADDY  Ashdown  serving  days  of  Conservative  DT3IS0S 
today  warns  Tony  government  need  to  be  ~ . 

Blair  not  to  take  the  brought  to  an  end."  f fii  irnnh  Of 

Liberal  Democrats  That  does  not  necessarily  M 1 'r1 1 

love  over 


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for  granted  and  treat  them  as  justify  coming  to  an  arrange- 
a mascot  if  Labour  forms  a meat  wife  Labour  if  Mr  Blair 


government.  wins  power,  parry  snraregisis  * 1 j 1 » j 

On  the  eve  of  his  1996  party  say.  It  all  depends  on  how  the'  GO  IQ  IOQIG 
conference  in  Brighton,  the  votes  fall  Mr  Ashdown  told  , , J rr  . 

Liberal  Democrat  leader  was  the  Guardian:  “Change  is  tnOLIQn  3.iT3.ir 
walking  a tightrope.  He  is  coming-  In  feat  process  the  53 

torn  between  key  allies  who  more  Liberal  Democrat  MPs  ofa\/o 
expect  close  co-operation  — there  are,  the  more  secure  v>lC*yo  V^I  lao  IU 
and  possibly  ministerial  jobs  .that  change  will  be  — the  _ I, 


— if  Mr  Blair  wins  power, 
and  grassroots  activists  and 


MPs  who  fear  a realignment  don't  want," 


more  it  will  be  the  change  you 
want  not  fee  change  you 


which  may  swallow  them  up. 
In  an  interview  with  the 


But  his  willingness  to  con- 
sider close  cooptation  with  a 


stays  chaste 
after  week 
in  love  nest 


Guardian  Mr  Ashdown  keeps  Blair  cabinet  was  underlined 
all  his  options  open  and  by  fee  comparison  he  offered: 


stresses  his  goal  Is  multi- 
party politics.  But  he  admits: 


the  relationship  between  Mar- 
garet Thatcher  and  Mikhail1 


“What  Tony  Blair  would  like  Gorbachev.  “I  will  be  offering 


to  do,  I*m  sure,  is  throw  a 
great  maw  around  the  entire 


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Leeds  Town  Hall,  BBC2/Radk>  3 

IT  IS  MO  RE  than  20  years 
since  the  Leeds  Piano  Com- 
petition produced  a winner 
who  went  on  to  establish  him- 
self in  the  very  highest  rank  of 
international  performers. 

That  was  the  Russian  Dmitri 
Alexeev,  who  walked  away 
with  the  first  prize  in  1975. 

Since  then,  the  winners 
have  tended  to  be  decent 
rather  than  outstanding.  But 
this  year’s  winner — 
announced  on  Saturday  night 
after  fee  final  round  of  concer- 
tos spread  across  two  eve- 
nings — holds  the  promise  of 
making  the  transition  from 
worthy  winner  to  outstanding 
one. 

The  success  of  Ilya  I tin, 
aged  29,  a Russian  resident  in 
New  York,  was  thoroughly 
uncon troversiaL  after  a final 
in  which  the  standard  of  per- 
formance was  very  high. 

Five  of  fee  six  finalists, 
however,  chose  works  by 
Rachmaninov,  treating  the 
audience  to  no  less  than  three 
performances  of  fee  Paganini 
Rhapsody  and  two  of  the 
Second  Concerto. 

There  is  no  doubt  feat  I tin 
was  the  outstanding  per- 
former, with  a wonderful 
range  of  colour,  a truly  imagi- 
native way  wife  texture  and 
phrasing,  and  a supreme  tech- 
nical command. 

- He  was  also  awarded  the 
contemporary  music  prize  for 
Ms  playing  of  Messiaen  in  fee 
semi-final,  displaying  a 
remarkable  range  and  intelli- 
gence. He  will  make  his  Lon- 
don debut  next  month  at  fee 
Queen  Elizabeth  HalL 
The  jury — a cosmopolitan 
lot  though  short  of  a pianist  of 
the  highest  international  stat- 
ure — takes  into  account  per- 
formances in  earlier  rounds. 
That  presumably  coloured 
their  choice  for  fee  second 
prize,  for  the  Italian  Roberto 
Cominati's  efficient  but  unre- 
markable performance  of 
Rachmaninov’s  Second  Con- 
certo. The  Prokofiev  Third 
Concerto  from  the  Yugoslav 
Aleksandar  Madzar  was  by 
contrast  dashing,  dynamic 
and  oozing  with  personality. 

All  the  performers  received 
vivid  support  from  Simon  Rat- 
tle and  fee  City  of  Birming- 
ham Symphony  Orchestra. 
They  had  led  off  the  finals  on 
Friday  with  an  electrifying, 
effervescent  account  of  the 
Paganini  Rhapsody  with  fee 
Chinese  Sa  Chen,  aged  17. 

If  some  after  ideas  were  a 
bit  approximate,  there  was  no 
doubting  her  talent.  Her  plac- 
ing—fourth — was  a recogni- 
tion of  potential  rather  than 
present  stature.  The  pianists 
placed  fifth  and  sixth,  the  Ar- 
menian Armen  Babakhapian 
and  fee  Russian  Ekaterina 
Apekisheva,  are  older,  more 
finished  artists.  I tin  was  a 
i class  above  them  alL 


left  and  centre-left  of  politics  my  mind  goes  back  to  Mrs  1 
and  say  this  is  all  mine  and  I Thatcher  saying  *1  can  do 


have  little  client  states’." 
Evidently  keen  to  acknowl- 


buslness  with  this  man'.  No 
one  ever  claimed  she  was  the 


edge  grassroots  fears,  he  same  as  this  man.” 
adds:  “People  in  the  Labour  With  dissident  Lib  Pern  MPs 
Party  have  got  to  get  out  of  Liz  Lynne  and  Malcolm  Bruce 
thinking  that  the  Liberal  expressing  fears  that  “cosying 
Democrats  are  some  small  up  to  Labour”  could  cost  them 
shed  in  the  garden  at  Wal-  their  Commons  seats.  Mr  Ash- 
worth Road  (Labour's  head-  down's  allies  repeatedly 
quarters].  We  are  sovereign'  acknowledged  common  ground 


Bishop  hopes  to  marry 


Erhmd  Cfouston 


The  E word 


J^chu 

J^Athe 


S THE  Catholic 
church's  wrath  grew  by 
fee  hour,  former  bishop 


; ^COMMUNICATION  — ways  there" 


month-long  periods  of  quar- 
antine from  fee  other.  He 
tried  to  put  Mrs  MacPh.ee  out 
of  his  mind,  but  she  was  “al- , 


You  can’t  always  looR 


.the  Catholic  church's  ul- 


parties  that  offer  different  I with  Labour  over  Europe,  edu- 1 Roderick  Wright  yesterday  timate  sanction — is  consid- 


choices  to  the  electorate." 

He  rules  out  being  the  eter- 


cationand  the  NHS. 


portrayed  his  controversial  11-  ered  in  matters  of  faith 


Mr  Wright  says  he  wants  to 
"express  sorrow"  for  the ' 
“hurt  and  damage”  the  cou- 


nal  bridesmaid,  alternating  in  ment 


They  also  share  a commit-  aison  wife  divorcee  Kathleen  rather  than  discipline.  Des-  pie's  actions  have  caused.  He 


constitutional  MacPbee  in  terms  dear  to  pite  the  scandal  he  has  also  apologises  for  the  “ne- 


coalition  with  fee  bigger  par-  reform,  but  this  week's  con-  Hollywood  producers:  a tri-  brought  to  the  church.  Rod- 
ties  like  the  German  Free  ference  is  certain  to  echo  the  umph  of  love  over  tortured  erick  Wright  is  unlikely  to 


Democratic  Party  (FDP). 


leadership's  "deep  di sap-  consciences  and  “cold  logic”. 


“I  want  my  party  to  become  pointment”  over  Labour’s  ref-  Officially,  however,  the  af- 


recelve  this  punishment, 
wrUes  Stuart  MiUar. 


gleet  and  hurt"  experienced 
by  his  son,  Kevin  Whibley, 
and  wishes  him  happiness. 
But,  he  points  out  his  affair 


the  largest  party  in  this  erendum  U-turn  in  Scotland  fair  is  still  chaste.  The  scan,-  Under  the  Code  of  Canon  wife  Ms  Whibley  was  16 
country.  I do  not  want  the  — a tactical  switch  which  dal-enveloped  couple  claimed  Law,  a cleric  who  raters  ago,  and  was  “totally  i 


cosy  position  of  being  the  made  them  doubt  the  sincer-  in  yesterday’s  News  of  fee 


^concubinage* 


FDP,  everybody's  mascot,"  he  lty  of  Labour's  intentions  in  World  feat  “something  they  woman  and  persists  with  it 
asserts,  at  a time  when  Lib  office,  Mr  Campbell  said  on  recognised  as  love"  had  devel-  would  be  suspended,  then 


Dems  are  stuck  at  around 
14-16  per  cent  in  the  polls. 

Mr  Ashdown's  tactical 


BBCl's  On  the  Record. 


oped  without  an  exchange  of  barred  from  the  clerical 


In  his  Guardian  interview  kisses  on  the  lips.  Despite  state.  Even  then,  he  would 
Mr  Ashdown  was  scathing  spending  a week  in  their  remain  a member  of  the 


with  a ent”  to  his  current 

with  it  relationship. 

L then  Mrs  MacPbee  also  says 

dericai  sorry  “so  sincerely  and 

would  deeply*’  to  her  three  children, 
of  the  Stephen,  Donald  and 


move  away  from  Labour  is  about  Labour  and  the  Tories  1 Lake  District  love  nest,  they  church  and  a cleric  but  l Julleanne. 


diametrically  opposite  to  the  ducking  two  key  issues:  a had  not  made  love,  nor  even  could  not  practise. 


friendly  overture  Mr  Blair  public  spending  crisis  that  shared  a bed. 

made  to  the  Lib  Dems  before  would  require  higher  taxes  or  Both  Mr  Wright  and  Mrs 

their  Glasgow  conference  a spending  cuts;  and  a decision  MacPbee  — who  met  25  years 


year  ago.  Since  then  the  Lib  —within  weeks  of  a 1997  elec-  ago  — criticised  the  Church 
Dem  leader  has  remained  tion  — on  whether  or  not  to  authorities  for  holding  back 
impressed  by  his  Labour  join  a single  European  cur-  his  private  admission  last 


A similar  process  would 
be  invoked  for  such  of- 
fences as  "striking  the 


counterpart's  reformist  drive  I 
but  wary  of  his  party  and  his 
policy  caution. 

Mr  Ashdown  believes  his 
party  enters  the  preelection 
period  in  good  shape.  But 
throughout  yesterday  he  and 


ago  — criticised  the  Church  Roman  Pontiff”  or  “dese- 

authorlties  for  holding  back  crating  a church’1. 

his  private  admission  last  In  Britain,  excommnnica- 


Stae  notes  wryly  that  "it 
would  have  been  a lot  easier”  ' 
if  the  former  bishop  had  been 
a plumber  or  a dustman.  I 
Yesterday  the  couple  left 
the  cottage  in  Kendal,  Cum- 
bria, for  an  unknown  destina- 


rency.  He  called  the  evasions  I Sunday  that  he  had  tethered  a I tion  has  been  rare  since  the  tkm.  Neighbours  said  they 


“unvarnished  lying”. 


son  15  years  earlier.  Cardinal  Middle  Ages.  The  last  no-  had  seemed  a happy  couple 


There  were  three  questions  Winning,  head  of  the  Roman  table  case  was  that  of  Eliza- 
to  be  asked  about  New  Catholic  church  in  Scotland,  beth  L who  established  the 
Labour  “How  deep  does  the  has  explained  feat  the  deci-  Church  of  England  after 
Blair  revolution  go,  how  di-  sion  was  made  to  protect  the  her  father,  Henry  VIH, 


vided  are  they?  How  rootless  boy's  identity. 


senior  lieutenants  like  Alan  are  they  — having  abandoned  Mr  Wright  concedes  that  ] Rome. 
Beith  and  Menzies  Campbell  socialism,  what  do  they  stand  the  boy’s  existence  should 
engaged  in  shadow-boxing  for?  Blair  has  been  very  cou-  have  prevented  him  from  be- 
with  TV  and  radio  interview-  rageous,  but  will  Labour  be  as  coming  a bishop  and-  claims 


with  TV  and  radio  interview-  rageous,  but  will  Labe 
ers  determined  to  flesh  out  courageous  later  on?”  that  three  times  before  his  or-  a chill  down  the  spine  of  Car-  ‘7  think  people  have  been 

the  shape  of  a possible  post-  dination  he  came  close  to  dinal  Winning,  who  three  let  down  and  It  will  take  a 

election  deaL  Ub  Dems  target  woman*  refusing  to  go  through  with  it  years  ago  accepted  his  bish-  long  time  to  get  back  to  nor- 

Forced  to  defend  the  a ban-  page  8;  Leader  comment  and  “For  many  a day  I have  rtjed  op's  claims  of  innocence,  he  may  complained  71-year-old 
don  ment  of  equidistance  letters,  page  8{  How  the  West  that  I was  appointed,”  he  promises:  "There  are  no  more  Donald  Archy. 
between  their  bigger  rivals.  Country  could  be  won,  page  says.  mistresses,  just  these  two."  Frances  Shand  Rydd,  the 

Mr  Campbell,  MP  for  Fife  NE,  83  Tax  rises,  page  1 1 Hie  article,  illustrated  by  a The  former  bishop,  pic-  Princess  of  Wales's  mother, 

photograph  of  Mrs  MacPhee  hired  in  a white  T-shirt,  said  stiffly;  “I  am  here  today 
“Porvnlm  in  tho  I ahrti  ir  Parlv  hnv/mnottrk  in  a scarlet  mohair  cardigan,  reveals  that  he  hopes  to  to  support  the  Catholic 
people  in  me  Laoour  r'any  nave  got  TO  alleges  feat  their  relationship  marry  Mrs  MacPhee,  ac-  church  and  all  the  priests,  es- 

dPt  OUt  of  thinkinO  that  the  Liberal  only  developed  after  Mrs  knowledging  that  fee  Catho-  pecially  those  in  Argyll  and 

gel  UUl  Ul  u III  IIMI  ly  u ml  U it?  L-iueidi  MacPhee’s  divorce.  On  fee  lie  church  would  never  recog-  the  Isles." 

Democrats  are  some  small  shed  in  the  nact  page,  a friend  of  Mr  Mac-  nifle  such  a union.  Teresa  Russell,  48,  said: 

, , , r-j , n , , rhee  recalls  him  blaming  In  an  attempt  to  placate  "You  feel  saddened  for  him 

garden  at  Walworth  Hoad  [LaOOUr  S HQj.  *^hat  bloody  man"  for  the  Catholic  outrage,  Mr  Wright  because  he  obviously  was  a 


ble  case  was  that  of  Eliza-  who  had  laughed  and  joked 
sth  L who  established  the  together, 
lurch  of  England  after  In  Oban,  Mr  Wright’s  home 
er  father,  Henry  VIH,  town,  worshippers  leaving 
broke  of  relations  with  Sunday  mass  to  the  cathedral 
□me.  of  St  Colmnba  were  not  In- 

clined to  extend  much  Chris- 
tian  charity  to  their  former 
In  a phrase  which  may  send  leader, 
chill  down  fee  spine  of  Car-  ‘7  think  people  have  been 


n e i 1 ‘i;  i man 


“People  in  the  Labour  Party  have  got  to 
get  out  of  thinking  that  the  Liberal 
Democrats  are  some  small  shed  in  the 


back  to  nor- 

1 71-year-old 


Frances  Shand  Rydd,  feel 


the  Isles.” 

Teresa  Russell,  48,  said: 
"You  feel  saddened  for  him 


We  are  sovereign  parties  that  offer 
different  choices  to  the  electorate." 

Paddy  Ashdown,  speaking  yesterday 


marriage  break-up.  alleges  that  the  friendship  de-  man  years  ago  wife  a very 

Mr  Wright  does  not  reveal  veloped  over  counselling  he  strong  faith.  He  has  lived 
whether  his  new  love  knew  provided  when  Mrs  MacPhee  wife  a great  torment  for  a 
before  Thursday  evening  was  suffering  from  cancer  long,  long  time  and  he  has  to 
about  the  existence  of  Ms  and  the  strains  of  her  rup-  continue  to  live  with  it  But 
Whibley  and  son  — nor  her  tured  marriage.  Both  had  we  will  recover.  That  is  the 
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The  Guardian  Monday  September  23 1996 


NEWS  3 


The  US  embassy . . . staff  failed  to  investigate  properly 


“I  was  shocked  and  very 
embarrassed  because 
nobody  had  ever  treated 
me  like  that  before.  I was  in  a 
small  office  with  him  and  he 
was  training  me.  I didn’t  want 
any  of  this,  all  I wanted  was 
somebody  to  sort  this  out.” 

Mary  Fogarty,  sacked  after  bringing 
a sexual  harassment  case 


Embassy  sex  row  embarrasses  US 


Clinton  challenged 
on  harassment 


Clare  Dyer 

Legal  Correspondent 


LEGAL  action 
JE  launched  by  a wora- 
an  sacked  from  a 
EhOA  Job  at  the  US 
^■^membassy  in  London 
threatens  to  cause  severe  em- 
barrassment to  the  US  State 
Department  which  prides  it- 
self on  its  anti-discrimination 
and  anti-harassment  policies. 


Mary  Fogarty,  aged  36.  an 
Irish  citizen,  has  started  an 
action  alleging  victimisation, 
after  winning  a sexual  harass- 
ment case  against  the  US  gov- 
ernment at  an  industrial  tribu- 
nal Papers  have  been  served 
on  President  Bill  Clinton,  who 
has  faced  sexual  harassment 
allegations  himself. 

Since  the  tribunal  found  in 
her  fevour  four  months  ago, 
Ms  Fbgarty,  who  lives  in  east 
London,  has  been  turned  down 


for  seven  other  posts  at  the  em- 
bassy. despite  US  government 
service  dating  back  to  1964. 

She  was  sacked  as  adminis- 
trative assistant  with  the  For- 
eign Broadcast  Information 
Service  (FBIS).  a subsidiary 
of  the  CIA.  while  the 
found  to  have  harassed  her  is 
still  on  the  staff. 

The  London  (North)  tribu- 
nal’s judgment,  which  was 
unpublicised,  strongly  criti- 
cises the  way  the  case  was 
handled.  It  concludes  that  the 
US  government,  acting 
through  the  FBIS,  knew  what 
was  going  on  but  failed  to 
investigate  properly. 

The  resulting  stress,  for 
which  Ms  Fogarty  received 
medical  treatment,  affected 
her  performance  and  caused 


her  to  be  dismissed,  the  tribu- 
nal held.  She  was  awarded 
£3,000  for  injury  to  feelings. 
Compensation  for  the  loss  of 
her  job.  worth  £17,000  a year 
with  benefits,  is  to  be  decided. 

The  tribunal  accepted  Ms 
Fogarty's  evidence  that 
senior  administrative  assis- 
tant Martin  Thomas,  aged  45, 
a father  of  three,  made  sug- 
gestive remarks  to  her,  culmi- 
nating in  an  incident  in 
November  or  December  1993, 
soon  after  she  started  work, 
when  he  licked  her  ear  and 
asked:  ‘*Whafs  pink  and  likes 
oral  sex?" 

On  other  occasions,  she 
claimed  he  asked  her  about 
being  an  Irish  Catholic  and 
whether  she  was  a virgin;  told 
her  he  liked  “big  girls"  while 


staring  at  her  chest;  deliber- 
ately stood  very  close  to  her: 
and  insisted  on  telling  her 
about  his  sex  life  and  those  of 
colleagues. 

Ms  Fogarty  told  the  tribu- 
nal that  Mr  Thomas,  a British 
employee  who  was  assigned 
to  train  her,  treated  her 
coldly  and  avoided  her  after 
she  complained  to  her  Ameri- 
can boss,  James  Thayer,  in 
January  1994. 

Mr  Thayer  said  in  a state- 
ment to  the  tribunal  that  he 
had  only  learned  of  the  allega- 
tions a year  later,  but  the  tri- 
bunal accepted  Ms  Fogarty’s 
version. 

Ms  Fogarty  claimed  Mr 
Thomas  never  trained  her  i 
properly,  was  often  out  of  the  I 
office,  and  treated  her  as  a 


"gofer.”  Despite  her  satisfac- 
tory ratings  on  earlier  perfor- 
mance reviews,  she  said  Rob- 
ert Thompson,  the  American 
who  took  over  from  Mr 
Thayer  in  August  1994,  tried 
to  persuade  her  to  leave. 

He  wrote  negative  perfor- 
mance assessments  and  in  Feb- 
ruary 1995  recommended  her 
employment  be  terminated, 
saying  she  was  unable  to  work 
"agreeably”  with  Mr  Thomas. 
Three  weeks  later,  she  claimed 
Mr  Thompson  marched  her 
out  of  the  embassy. 

She  was  given  another  em- 
bassy job  on  a one-year  con- 
tract at  £14,000,  but  has  not 
worked  since  the  end  of  June. 

The  tribunal  criticised  an 
FBIS  in-house  investigation 
into  the  harassment  allega- 


tions, set  up  more  than  a year 
after  Ms  Fogarty  first  com- 
plained to  Mr  Thayer,  and 
only  after  she  went  to  the  act- 
ing ambassador.  Tim  Deal 

Catherine  Danner,  the  FBIS 
employee  who  carried  out  the 
investigation,  concluded  that 
Ms  Fogarty  made  her  allega- 
tions only  when  her  job  was 
threatened,  despite  inter- 
views with  four  people  back- 
ing up  her  story  that  she  had 
complained  a year  earlier. 

The  report,  which  de- 
scribed a statement  by  an- 
other woman  employee  that 
Mr  Thomas  had  done  the 
same  thing  to  her  as  “trouble- 
some if  true",  concluded  that 
he  should  not  be  disciplined 
but  warned  “to  be  more  cir- 
cumspect in  his  behaviour.” 


Ms  Fogarty,  who  brought 
the  case  with  the  help  of 
North  Lambeth  Law  Centre, 
said  yesterday  that  when  her 
ear  had  been  licked  she  had 
felt  “shocked  and  very  embar- 
rassed because  nobody  bad 
ever  treated  me  like  that 
before.  I was  in  a small  office 
with  him  and  he  was  training 
me. 

“It  was  terrible  going  to 
court  I didn't  want  any  of 
this,  all  I wanted  was  some- 
body to  sort  this  out  I feel 
like  I'm  being  treated  like  a 
second  class  citizen.  If  I was 
an  American  woman  I feel  I’d 
have  been  treated 
differently.” 

An  embassy  spokesman  said 
the  US  government  would  de- 
fend the  victimisation  claim. 


Britain  ‘squeezing  Third  World  debtors’ 


Yeltsin  surgeon  seeks  delay 


cr 


Repayment  levels  and  export 
‘strings’  outweigh  new  loans 


Blood  from  a stone 


Mi-: 


What  poorer  countries  pay  back  to  the  UK.  Net  transfer  on  debt,  US$m. 
200  


1981  82  83  84 


90  91  92  93  94 
Source:  EUROOAD 


RfcJtard  Thomas 
Economies  Correspondent 


BRITAIN  is  squeezing 
cash  out  of  the  world’s 
poorest  countries  by  de- 
manding levels  of  debt  repay- 
ment which  far  outweigh  new 
loans  or  aid,  according  to  fig- 
ures to  be  published  this 
week. 

As  representatives  of  the 
world’s  richest  creditor 
nations  meet  in  Paris  today 
to  discuss  Initiatives  intended 
to  reduce  the  debt  burden  on 
the  developing  world,  aid 
agencies  say  the  first  compre- 
hensive analysis  of  lender 
countries  undermines  the 
British  government’s  claim  to 
be  at  the  forefront  of  the  cam- 
paign to  help  the  world's 
poor. 

A spokesperson  for  Chris- 
tian Aid  said  last  night  "It  is 
quite  simply  morally  wrong 
that  one  of  the  world's  richest 
countries  should  be  getting 


in.  The  very  last  thing  these 
i countries  need  is  to  be  shell- 
i tug  out  like  this.” 

The  European  Network  on 
Debt  and  Development  (Euro- 
dad)  — a Brussels-based  um- 
brella group  including  Chris- 
tian Aid,  Cafod  and  Oxfam  — 
has  undertaken  the  first 
country-by-country  survey  erf 
the  main  creditor  nations,  due 
to  be  published  on  Friday. 

A copy  of  the  research, 
obtained  by  the  Guardian, 
shows  Britain  has  been  a net 
recipient  of  cash  from  the 
Third  World  since  1981.  The 
paper  shows  that,  of  the 
nations  in  the  Organisation 
for  Economic  Cooperation 
and  Development  (OECD), 
only  the  US  has  a longer  re- 
cord of  taking  more  money 
from  the  developing  world 
than  it  gives  out. 

The  figures  will  add  to  pres- 
sure on  the  OECD  member 
states  to  relax  repayment 
schedules.  The  World  Bank  is 
trying  to  squeeze  a commit- 
ment to  more  generous  debt 
relief,  before  the  bank's 


annual  meeting  in  Washing- 
ton next  week,  where  a Brit- 
ish-backed package  to  help 
“heavily  indebted  poor 
countries'’  (HIPCs)  will  be  on 
the  table. 

The  Christian  Aid  spokes- 
person said:  “This  study 
throws  into  stark  relief  just 
how  much  needs  to  be 
achieved  In  the  next  10  days. 
Britain  has  a good  record  of 
taking  the  lead  in  negotia- 
tions, but  in  the  end  we  have 
to  put  our  money  where  our 
mouth  is." 


An  official  at  the  Overseas 
Development  Agency  de- 
clined to  comment  on  the 
Eurodad  report  before  publi- 
cation, but  insisted  the  Brit- 
ish government  had  a good  re- 
cord on  aid. 

The  Chancellor,  Kenneth 
Clarke,  is  prepared  to  in- 
crease the  slice  of  outstanding 
loans  which  can  be  written  off 
— now  fixed  at  67  per  cent  — 
to  80  or  90  per  cent  But  a 
number  of  lenders,  in  particu- 
lar Japan,  have  refused  to 
offer  anything  more  than  the 


possibility  of  more  generous 
relief  on  a case  by  case  basis. 

An  announcement  on  the 
HIPC  initiative  involving  a 
trust  fluid  to  pay  off  debts  is 
expected  in  Washington  next 
week.  The  World  Bank  is  lob- 
bying the  OECD  nations  for  a 
more  concrete  commitment 
on  cuts  in  bilateral  debt. 

The  bank  has  pledged  $2 
billion  to  the  HIPC  Initiative. 
But  officials  point  out  that  the 
eligibility  criteria  stipulate 
that  only  debt  accumulated 
before  any  loan  rescheduling 
is  eligible  for  relief.  This 
would  rule  out  many  of  the 
world's  poorest  nations  from 
significant  assistance. 

An  internal  World  Bank 
paper  Issued  this  month  esti- 
mates that  even  with  an  80 
per  cent  cut-off;  the  eligibility 
rules  mean  that  in  practice 
only  17  per  cent  of  bilateral 
debt  could  be  written  off. 

Christian  Aid  said  that 
because  many  of  the  loans  to 
poor  countries  were  condi- 
tional on  the  purchase  of  Brit- 1 
ish  goods.  Britain  gained  , 
twice  over.  "We  benefit  from  i 
the  increased  exports,  and  I 
then  again  from  the  interest 1 
on  the  loans  given  to  buy  i 
these  exports." 


David  Hearst  In  Moscow 


PRESIDENT  Boris  Yelt- 
sin may  have  to  wait  for 
up  to  two  months  before 
it  is  safe  to  operate  on  his 
heart.  Professor  Renat 
Akchurin,  the  Russian  sur- 
geon chosen  to  lead  the  oper- 
ating team,  said  last  night 
The  surgeon’s  comments 
are  bound  to  spark  furious 
political  intrigue,  confirming 
as  they  do  that  Russia  has  a 
lame  duck  president  who  will 
have  to  band  over  power  at 
some  point  to  the  constitu- 
tional acting  president  his 
prime  minister,  Viktor 
Chernomyrdin. 

A team  of  doctors  is  due  to 
meet  on  Wednesday  or  Thurs- 
day to  assess  whether  an 
operation  can  go  ahead.  A 
senior  American  cardiologist 
Michael  Debakey,  flew  from 
Washington  to  Moscow  last 
night  to  take  part  in  the 
meeting. 

The  Russian  doctor 
stressed  that  his  opinion  on  a 
long  delay  was  a personal 
one.  Speaking  on  the  Russian 
television  programme  Itogi. 
he  said  the  doctors  may  have 
to  wait  between  “one  and  a 


half  and  two  months"  before 
Mr  Yeltsin's  heart  is  strong 
enough  for  the  bypass 
operation. 

‘This  is  a serious  operation 
for  the  president  To  do  the 
operation  earlier  would 
increase  the  risk,”  Prof 
Akchurin  said. 

He  did  not  back  away  from 
bis  previous  statements  to 
Western  news  agencies  that 
Mr  Yeltsin  had  suffered 
recent  damage,  indicating  a 
heart  attack  during  the  final 
stages  of  his  election 
campaign. 

He  said  Mr  Yeltsin's  heart 
had  to  undergo  intensive 
therapeutic  treatment  to 
assess  the  extent  of  the 
damage. 

He  expressed  doubt  repeat- 1 
edly  about  the  strains  that  the 
operation  would  impose  and 
did  not  rule  out  cancelling  it 
altogether.  1 

“It  is  possible  to  refuse  to 
do  the  operation,  although 
you  would  have  to  lay  down 
conditions  to  the  patient 
which  he  himself  has  said  he 
would  not  tolerate.  You  would 
have  to  limit  his  physical 
activity,  and  as  far  as  I know 
Boris  Nikolayevich,  he  would 
not  tolerate  that" 


If  the  council  of  doctors  up- 
holds Prof  Akchurin's  opin- 
ion and  postpones  the  opera- 
tion, Mr  Yeltsin  has  to  decide 
whether  to  continue  as  head 
of  state. 

Last  week  he  signed  a de- 
cree preparing  to  transfer  all 
his  powers,  including  control 
of  Russia's  nuclear  arsenal,  to 
Mr  Chernomyrdin.  But  he  left 
open  when  the  transfer  of 
power  — requiring  another 
decree  to  be  signed  — would 
take  place. 

Mr  Yeltsin  will  be  under  in- 
tense pressure  from  his  chief 
of  staff  Anatoli  Chubais,  and 
the  clan  of  political  advisers 
in  his  huge  presidential 
administration,  to  keep  bold 
of  the  reins  of  power.  His  own 
political  instinct  will  tell  him 
to  hang  on  for  as  long  as  he 
can. 

But  the  surgeon’s  revela- 
tions this  weekend  about  the 
president's  parlous  state  of 
health  have  already  in  effect 
doomed  Mr  Yeltsin's  second 
term  of  presidency  and 
restarted  the  race  for  his  suc- 
cessor. As  power  ebbs  away 
from  his  presidency,  younger 
men  are  waiting  to  take  over. 


Rivals  hover,  page  7 


more  money  out  of  the 
world's  poorest  than  it  puts 


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4 BRITAIN 


As  London  Fashion 
Week  kicks 
off  today, 

Susannah  Frankel 

celebrates  a new 
wave  of  gifted 
home-grown 
designers, 
while  Sarah  Ryle 
(below  right)  checks 
out  the  shops  side 
of  the  business 
as  fashion  gurus 
hail  the  capital’s 
‘incredible  energy' 
and  prestige 
clothes  outlets 
open  by  the 
street-full 


The  Guardian  Monday  September-23199^ 

Big  rise  m 
untrained 
university 


I John  Carvel  and 
Lee  EIGot  Major 


As  preparations  for  London  Fashion  Week  finish  (above),  first  showings  by  such  as  Tommy  Hilfiger  (top  left)  point  to  its  success  •.  X?.:?* 

London  catwalks  set  to  cash  in  on  the  hype 


IT’S  the  “most  happening 
city  on  earth"  according  to 
the  style  gurus.  Not  only  is 
London  producing  unpar- 
alleled talent,  but  it  has  be- 
come the  hottest  venue  for  the 
autumn  catwalk  season 
which  starts  this  week. 

“We’ve  been  building  up 
London  Fashion  Week  over 
the  past  few  seasons."  said 
Simon  Ward,  administrator 
for  the  British  Fashion  Coun- 
cil, which  is  behind  the  event 
“And  it  is  now  very  exciting. 
London  has  always  been  a 
centre  for  ideas,  but  we  have 
a particularly  rich  crop  of  de- 
signers at  the  moment" 

The  excitement  is  not  con- 
fined to  the  London  shows. 
British  designer  John  Gal- 
liano is  now  the  main  man  at 
Givenchy  — and  the  “Queen 
of  Punk”  and  grand-dame  of 
British  fashion,  Vivienne 
Westwood,  is  a hot  favourite 
to  take  over  at  Christian  Dior. 

The  “real  life”  photography 
of  Juergen  Teller.  David 
Simms.  Corinne  Day  and 
Craig  McDean  is  also  some  of 
the  most  sought  after  in  the 
world:  English  aristocrat 
Stella  Tennant  is  the  new  face 
of  Chanel:  and  Croydon-born 
Kate  Moss  is  still  world  fash- 
ion's favourite  face. 

Ward  said  that  in  the  1980s 
our  young  designers  were  too 


inexperienced  and  under- 
funded to  keep  up  with  the 
hype  they  generated,  but  now 
they  are  equipped  to  deal 
with  it  "The  new  wave  of  de- 
signers have  learned  from  his- 
tory. They  realise  the  business 
side  is  of  prime  importance.” 
According  to  one  insider, 
though,  we  should  be  optimis- 


The  talent  here  is 
unparalleled,  but 
that  doesn’t  equal 
financial  success’ 


tic  — but  aware  of  potential 
pitfalls.  “Our  designers  make 
for  great  pictures  in  maga- 
zines, but  that  won’t  bring 
money  into  the  industry'.  Un- 
less our  young  designers  are 
professional  and  their  clothes 
sell  to  the  public  rather  than 
just  making  the  window  dis- 
plays. it  won’t  work.” 

Award-winning  design  duo 
Pearce  Fionda  agreed.  “Al- 
though the  talent  here  is  un- 
paralleled. generating  a great 
deal  of  interest  in  Britain  and 
worldwide,  it  does  not  neces- 
sarily mean  financial  success. 

“Nowhere  near  the  amount 
of  sales  are  achieved  as  the 


hype  suggests.  Britain  is  still 
years  behind  other  fashion 
capitals  in  this  respect ’’ 

For  now  though,  the  word 
is  all  good.  Sponsorship  from 
companies  has  never  been  so 
healthy,  and  top  international 
buyers  are  taking  the  trouble 
to  attend  in  person  rather 
than  just  send  assistants  as 
they  normally  do. 

Even  the  standard  of  mod- 
els is  higher  than  usual 
Where  previously  the  more 
established  names  forsook 
London  for  the  glamour  of  the 
Milan  shows  which  start  the 
week  after,  this  year  they  are 
working  in  London  too. 

Above  alL  the  fact  that  — 
for  the  first  time  — there  will 
be  an  American  presence  at 
the  shows  is  a gauge  of  poten- 
tial commercial  as  well  as  cre- 
ative success. 

Tommy  Hilfiger.  designer 
of  heavily- logoed  sports  and 
casual  wear  — as  worn  by 
everyone  from  Bill  Clinton  to 
Snoop  Doggy  Dogg  — is  show- 
ing his  womenswear  here  for 
the  first  time.  Donna  Karan. 
America's  biggest-selling  fe- 
male designer,  is  also  holding 
a shopopening  and  show  in  her 
New  Bond  Street  superstore  to 
coincide  with  the  event. 


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page  4 


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Chic  store  revival 
hits  Bond  Street 


IF  THE  revival  of  Bond 
Street  is  anything  to  go 
by.  designer  fashion  is 
making  a comeback  in  Lon- 
don. As  fast  as  one  build- 
er’s hoarding  comes  down 
to . reveal  the  latest  chic 
store,  another  hardboard 
shroud  goes  up  elsewhere 
on  the  street. 


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Suddenly  the  traditional 
fashion  houses  such  as 
Christian  Dior  and  Hermes, 
which  sat  out  the  recession, 
are  having  to  vie  for  atten- 
tion with  relative 
newcomers. 

Donna  Karan  opened  the 
doors  to  its  first  European 
store  In  New  Bond  Street 
last  week  (complementing 
its  partner,  the  DKNY  store, 
another  recent  arrival),  and 
Calvin  Klein  is  almost 
ready  to  open  his  shop  next 
door  to  Fenwick.  There  is 
talk  of  another  American 
newcomer.  Tommy  Hilfiger. 
making  its  British  debut  on 
Bond  Street,  bringing 
clothes  worn  in  the  United 
States  by  everybody  from 
homeboys  to  President  Bill 
Clinton. 

Christian  Dior  is  plan- 
ning a second  outlet,  and 
Polo  Ralph  Lauren  has  an- 
nounced a massive  flagship 
store  which  will  be  its  big- 
gest in  Europe. 

Mr  Lauren,  speaking 
from  New  York,  has  noted 
the  business  potential  of 
London.  “There’s  an  in- 
credible energy  right  now. 
which  makes  it  such  a natu- 
ral place  to  build  on  our  ex- 
isting retail  presence  by 
creating  our  largest  inter- 
national store.” 

Donna  Karan  was  equally 
gashing.  “Every  time  I 
come  to  London  I feel  like 
I’ve  arrived  at  the  front 
door  of  Europe.” 

Appearances,  however, 
can  be  deceptive.  In  the 
Bond  Street  enclave,  most 


of  the  newcomers,  includ- 
ing Giorgio  Armani’s  new 
white  label  store.  Donna 
Karan  and  Calvin  Klein, 
are  operated  by  Christina 
Ong.  the  wife  of  a Singapor- 
ean billionaire. 

A property  specialist, 
Simon  Hartnell  of  Nelson 
Bake  we II.  said:  “Property 
is  beginning  to  move  very 
quickly  now,  but  much  of 
this  is  down  to  one  woman 
rather  than  because  Lon- 
don is  becoming  a new  fash- 
ion centre.  Her  investment 
in  new  shops  across  London 
in  rents  and  rates  alone 
must  be  £8.5  million.  You 
would  have  to  be  confident 
of  shifting  an  awful  lot  of 
designer  jeans  to  reach  that 
turnover,  just  to  stand 
still.” 

William  Drew,  editor  of 
FW  (formerly  Fashion 
Weekly),  said  that  at  least 
top  designers  now  want  a 
presence  in  Britain.  “Lon- 
don is  important,  partly  be- 
cause it  has  a high  profile 
as  a tourist  centre  and  the 
Americans  see  it  as  a way 
into  the  European  market.” 

An  estimated  24  million 
visitors  to  London  this  year 
are  expected  to  spend  £1.6 
billion  in  the  shops,  accord- 
ing to  Ylva  French  Commu- 
nications, which  monitors 
trends  for  the  London  Tour- 
ist Association.  One  in  five 
tourists  put  fashion  at  the 
top  of  their  shopping  lists, 
with  nearly  half  hoping  to 
spend  cash  on  general 
clothing  and  shoes. 

But  London  ran  never  be 
Milan  or  Paris,  according 
to  Mr  Drew. 

“The  history  and  the  cul- 
ture of  buying  designer 
clothes  is  not  here.  People 
will  buy  designer  labels, 
like  Versace  jeans,  but  they 
will  not  buy  Versace 
clothes.” 


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Blair  backs  Commons  ban  on 

Adams  press  conference 


Ewen  MacAsMU,  Chief 
Political  Correspondent 


A BLOCK  on  a visit  by  the 
Sinn  Fein  president. 
Gerry  Adams,  to  the  House  of 
Commons  this  week  has  been 
welcomed  by  the  Labour 
leader.  Tony  Blair. 

Mr  Adams  had  been  due  to 
hold  a press  conference  on 
Thursday  to  mark  the  launch 
of  his  autobiography.  The 
Labour  MP  for  Islington 
North.  Jeremy  Corbyn,  had 
booked  the  room. 

Although  press  conferences 
by  senior  members  of  Sinn 
Fein  have  been  held  at  the 
Commons,  the  Serjeant  at 
Arms.  Peter  Jennings,  who  is 
responsible  for  administra- 


tion. ruled  at  the  weekend 
that  Mr  Adams  could  not  use 
the  Commons.  Mr  Blair,  who 
distanced  himself  from  Mr 
Corbyn  as  soon  as  the  row 
broke,  condemned  the  plan  to 
allow  Mr  Adams  to  use  the 
facilities. 

Conservative  back-bench- 
ers had  protested  but  had 
been  unable  to  stop  Mr  Ad- 
ams. The  crucial  intervention 
came  from  a Labour  MP. 
Michael  Martin,  chairman  of 
the  Commons  administrative 
committee,  who  pointed  out 
to  Mr  Jennings  that  the  origi- 
nal plan  had  been  for  a book 
launch,  which  could  not  be 
prevented  because  Mr  Adams 
was  a former  MP,  but  that 
had  since  been  changed  to  a 

press  conference. 


NDERGRADUATES 
starting  their  first 
term  at  university 

over  the  next  two 

weeks  are  increasingly  likely 
to  he  taught  by  untrained 
postgraduate  students  earn- 
ing as  little  as  £3.75  an  hour 
from  cash-starved  academic 
departments. 

Evidence  to  be  published 
shortly  by  the  Association  of 
University  Teachers  shows 
college  administrators  are 
coping  with  the  Govern- 
ment’s decision  to  squeeze 
their  budgets  by  enlisting 
PhD  students,  who  can  no 
longer  rely  on  grants  to  fund 
their  research. 

More  than  70  per  cent  of 
postgraduates  giving  tutori- 
als. laboratory  classes  and 
lectures  said  their  suitability 
as  teachers  had  never  been 
formally  assessed,  according 
! to  a survey  which  the  union 
carried  out  with  the  National 
Union  of  Students  (NUS)  and 
National  Postgraduate 
Committee. 

Nearly  60  per  cent  were  not 
trained  in  teaching  methods 
and  half  of  those  who 
received  instruction  said  the 
training  was  poor  or  below 
par.  “There  is  widespread  use 
of  postgraduates  as  cheap 
teaching  labour  in  universi- 
ties.” said  Ewan  Gillon.  gen- 
eral secretary-  of  the  National 
Postgraduate  Committee. 

They  can  get  a notional  rate 
of  £15  an  hour  for  tutorials  or 
lectures,  but  in  practice  this 
falls  to  £3.75  after  time  spent 
on  preparation  and  marking 
is  taken  into  account. 

Postgraduates  often  made 
extremely  good  teachers. 
They  were  well-informed,  en- 
thusiastic and  could  empa- 
thise with  students  far  better 
than  many  older  academics. 
“But  it  is  unacceptable  that 
postgraduates  are  expected  to 
teach  without  training  sup- 
port and  proper  remunera- 
tion for  their  work.”  Mr  Gil- 
lon added. 

Gareth  Roberts,  chairman 
of  the  university  rice-chan- 
cellors' committee,  said  last 
week  that  2.000  staff  teaching 


jobs  had  been  shed  by  instkn- 
tions  under  pressure  tam 
spending  cuts  announced  last 
year.  However,  the  committee 
had  not  yet  investigated  bow 
far  postgraduates  were  ban * 
drafted  in  to  fill  die  gap.  .— 
“The  union's  survey  is 
valuable  in  highlighting  die 
degree  to  which  undergradu- 
ates are  relying  on  very 
young  staff  to  carry  the  bur- 
den of  day-to-day  tearfiW 
We  have  not  yet  addressS 
the  problem  of  how  far  we  are 
meeting  the  training  needs  of 
these  postgraduate  student/ 
teachers  who  are  not  offi- 
cially members  of  staff"  a 
spokesman  said.  ■ - - - 

The  survey  was  based  an 
233  postgraduates  teaching  on 
450  first-degree  courses. 
“Effective  rates  of  pay  are  ex- 
tremely low  for  the  level- 
work  involved,  falling  below 
the  likely  level  of  a minimum 
wage  in  some  cases,"  says  a 
late  draft  of  the  report  “it  fa 
far  from  unusual  to  find 


70  per  cent  said 
their  suitability  as 
teachers  had  not 
been  assessed 


second  year  postgraduates 
teaching  on  final  year  under- 
graduate or  masters  courses 
having  completed  only  two  or 
three  days  training  and  that 
of  questionable  quality. 

“Although  we  have  no  con- 
crete evidence  that  the  teach- 
ing of  postgraduate  students 
is  of  inadequate  quality,. the 
circumstances  as  described 
all  militate  against  the  possi- 
bility of  good  quality  work.'’ 
The  NUS  said  it  was  against 
the  teaching  of  final  year 
degree  courses  by  postgradu- 
ate students.  - - 

The  Association  of  Univer- 
sity Teachers  said  first  year 
undergraduate  courses  in 
many  universities  were 
taught  exclusively,  by 
research  students.  It  wants 
them  to  have  clear  conditions 
of  employment  including  pre- 
scribed teaching  duties,  and 
salaries.  ..  -v;  - 


Schools  avoid 
moral  crusade 


John  Carvel 
Education  Editor 


THE  Government's  advi- 
sers on  the  school  cur- 
riculum have  beaten  off 
attempts  by  Christian  funda- 
mentalists to  get  the  virtues 
of  lifelong  marriage  between 
heterosexual  couples  taught 
in  every  classroom. 

A new  moral  code  to  guide 
teachers  in  the  values  they 
are  expected  to  inculcate  in 
the  young  will  emphasise  the 
importance  of  family  life,  but 
will  avoid  any  prescription 
about  the  type  of  relationship 
between  parents  which  soci- 
ety deems  most  appropriate. 
The  draft  code  is  due  to  be 
agreed  by  the  School  Curricu- 
lum and  Assessment  Author- 
ity tomorrow,  and  will  be  sent 
for  wide  consultation  before 
being  circulated  to  the 
schools. 

Nicholas  Tate,  the  authori- 
ty's chief  executive,  set  up  a 
150-strong  forum  in  January 
to  draw  up  guidelines  for 
schools  where  staff  were  no 
longer  certain  about  the 
moral  values  they  were  sup- 
posed to  instil. 

The  National  Forum  for 
Values  in  Education  and  the 
Community  included  teach- 
ers. parents,  police,  journal- 
ists and  specialists  in  social 
development  and  religion. 

Officials  said  five  of  the  150 
were  representatives  from 


Christian  groups  who  wanted 
children  to  get  dear  guidance 
that  the  proper  family  was 
headed  by  two  heterosexuals 
living  in  lifelong  partnership, 
with  no  sex  before  marriage 
and  no  infidelities  during. 

They  were  overruled  by  the 
other  members,  who  said  it 
was  quite  possible  to  contem- 
plate marriages  falling  short 
of  that  ideal  and  wrong  to 
stigmatise  children  who  came 
from  other  sorts  of  family. 

The  guidelines  will  say  that 
the  family  is  the  natural  con- 
text for  developing  a loving 
and  growing  relationship, 
with  a deep  and  abiding  sense 
of  values,  but  they  will  hot 
say  what  the  family  should 
consist  of,  accepting  that 
there  can  be  many  farms  of 
good  parenting. 

“Most  schools  have  some 
form  of  values  statement  but 
they  do  not  necessarily  go 
into  this  kind  of  detail.  Thisis 
the  first  time  anyone  has 
tried  to  say  there  is  general 
social  support  for  a particular 
moral  view.”  a spokesman  for 
the  authority  said. 

The  authority  was  trying  to 
produce  “an  umbrella  state- 
ment'’ within  which  schools 
could  fix  their  own  teaching 
of  moral  values  with  a greater, 
degree  of  confidence.  There 
would  be  no  imposition  of  a 
national  moral  curriculum. . . 

The  guidelines  will  be 
tested  on  the  public  through,  a 
Mori  opinion  poll. 


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POLICY  AND  POLITICS  5 


Dublin  Ell  finance  ministers’  meeting 


Euro  and  economic  reality  collide 


Political  commitment  to  a single  currency 
is  the  easy  part.  Ian  Traynor  and  Larry 
Elliott  report  on  the  practical  difficulties 


WERNER  Hoyer. 

Germany's  key 
European 
Union  official, 
was  adamant 
yesterday  that  the  most  im- 
portant decisions  on  the  pro- 
posed single  currency  have 
been  taken  following:  the  Dub- 
lin session  erf  EU  finance  min- 
isters which  grappled  with 
the  minutiae  of  future  com- 
mon fiscal  policy. 

But  for  most  of  those 
countries  eager  to  sign  up  for 
monetary  union,  the  political 
commitment  is  merely  the 
easy  part  of  a three-stage  pro- 
cess. Prom  now  on,  they  have 
to  get  their  economies  into 
shape  and.  win  over  their 
voters. 

Despite  the  upbeat  mood  in 
Dublin,  Europe's  sluggish 
economic  performance  dur- 
ing the  1990s  has  made  hitting 
the  Maastricht  criteria  for 
qualification  for  a single  cur- 
rency much  more  difficult  to 
achieve. 

These  stipulate  that 
countries  have  to  meet  tar- 
gets for  inflation,  interest 
rates,  exchange  rates,  govern- 
ment deficits  and  state  debt. 
In  1991.  when  the  treaty  was 
signed,  seven  countries  met 


at  least  four  out  of  five  condi- 
tions, and  three  other  puta- 
tive members  — Finland. 
Sweden  and  Austria  — would 
have  qualified  as  well. 

By  1995,  only  five  countries 

— Germany.  Luxembourg. 
France,  Ireland  and  Denmark 

— were  on  course  to  fulfil 
four  of  the  Five  conditions. 
What's  more,  the  outlook  for 
1996  is  for  even  fewer 
countries  to  make  the  grade. 

The  problem  has  not  been 
inflation.  which  has 
remained  subdued,  but  the 
impact  oT slow  growth  on  bud- 
get deficits  and.  as  interest 
payments  mount  up.  on  gov- 
ernment debt.  As  a result,  in- 
creasingly frantic  attempts 
have  been  made  to  find  ways 
of  plugging  the  gaps. 

Prance  has  tried  a mixture 
of  budget  austerity,  raiding 
the  pension  fund  of  Prance 
Telecom,  and  some  highly  op- 
timistic forecasts  of  growth  to 
ensure  that  it  will  be  able  to 
sign  up  when  decision  day 
comes  in  early  1998. 

Belgium  explains  away  the 
fact  that  its  government  debt 
is  more  than  double  the  stipu- 
lated level  by  arguing  that  it 
has  high  domestic  savings,  so 
little  of  its  debt  has  to  be  ex- 


ternally Financed.  Umberto 
Bossi's  plan  to  divide  Italy  in 
two  is  partly  driven  by  the  no- 
tion that  the  richer,  northern 
half  would  qualify  for  mone- 
tary union  if  it  was  unencum- 
bered by  the  poor  south. 

It  is  tliese  sort  of  manoeu- 
vres — and  tlie  hope  that  it 
will  be  deemed  good  enough  if 
countries  are  simply  moving 
in  the  right  direction  — that 
fuel  the  belief  in  Brussels  that 
at  least  eight  countries  will  be 
ready  by  1999. 

But  it  is  not  quite  seen  like 
that  in  Germany,  where  the 
debate  in  the  months  ahead 
will  centre  on  the  discrepan- 
cies between  politics  and  eco- 
nomics. between  Chancellor 
Helmut  Kohl's  government  in 
Bonn  and  Hans  Tietmeyer's 
Bundesbank  in  Frankfurt. 

The  political  push  to  launch 
EMU  willy-nilly  on  schedule 
in  1999  has  gathered  an  un- 
stoppable head  of  steam.  But 
economic  reality  keeps  get- 
ting in  the  way. 

“Germans  are  very  sensi- 
tive to  the  issue  erf  whether 
the  euro  could  be  instable  and 
not  solid,”  Mr  Hoyer  said 
yesterday. 

Opinion  polls  regularly 
show  a two-thirds  majority 
reluctant  to  forfeit  the  mark 
for  the  euro,  while  the 
Bundesbank,  as  the  constitu- 
tional guardian  of  monetary 
stability,  will  find  it  hard  to 
swallow  any  scheme  that 
undermines  that  priority. 


The  Germans  are  worried 
not  so  much  about  the  EMU 
launch  as  to  what  happens 
afterwards.  This  was  the 
reason  for  Last  year’s  proposal 
from  Theo  Watgel,  the  finance 
minister,  for  a euro  stability 
pact  governing  fiscal  propri- 
ety after  1999. 

The  stability  pact's  nuances 
dominated  the  Dublin  ses- 
sion. But  as  at  last  week's 
meeting  of  Franco-German  fi- 
nance officials,  there  was  no 
agreement  on  the  details.  In- 
stead, the  stability  pact  gets 
damned  with  faint  praise. 

In  the  interests  of  Bundes- 
bank rigour,  the  Germans 
want  automatic  fines  within 
six  months  for  members 
whose  budget  deficits  exceed 
3 per  cent  of  gross  domestic 
product  (GDP)  once  EMU  is 
launched.  The  fines,  initially 
non-interest  bearing  deposits 
with  the  European  Central 
Bank,  would  be  hefty,  from 
G.2  to  Q.5  per  cent  erf  GDP. 

While  wannabe  EMU  mem- 
bers pay  lip-service  to  the 
merits  of  the  German  pro- 
posal, the  stability  pact  de- 
tails are  being  diluted. 

It  now  looks  as  though 
there  will  be  no  "automatic- 
ity”  in  levelling  the  fines,  that 
the  European  Commission 
and  national  governments 
will  have  a say. 

In  other  words,  the  decision 
to  fine  fiscal  delinquents  will 
be  as  much  political  as 
economic. 


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Tory  civil  war 
escalates  as 
Clarke  says  it 
would  be  folly 
not  to  join 
single  currency 


Ewen  MacAskiU,  Chief 
Political  Correspondent 


THE  battle  lines  in  the 
Tory  civil  war  hardened 
yesterday  after  the  Chan' 
cellor,  Kenneth  Clarke, 
gave  his  warmest  endorse- 
ment yet  to  the  idea  of  a 
European  single  currency. 
Mr  Clarke  said  that  if  it  is 


in  Britain’s  national  inter- 
est, it  will  be  among  the 
first  wave  of  countries  to 
join  the  single  currency.  It 
would  be  folly  to  be  on  the 
sidelines. 

His  comments  pushed 
Conservative  Euro-sceptics 
over  the  brink,  with  some 
publicly  calling  for  his  res- 
ignation. They  said  he  was 
no  longer  even  pretending 


to  keep  options  open,  the 
agreed  government  compro- 
mise, but  was  campaigning 
for  a single  currency. 

He  has  shattered  any  lin- 
gering Conservative  Cen- 
tral Office  hopes  of  the 
issue  being  kept  low  key 
daring  next  month’s  party 
conference.  Both  sides  are 
lining  up  meetings  to  put 
the  case  for  and  against. 


Mr  Clarke,  apparently 
emboldened  by  the  enthusi- 
asm of  the  other  finance 
ministers  and  tired  of  snip- 
ing by  Euro-sceptics,  said  a 
single  currency  was  now 
very  likely.  He  predicted 
between  six  and  eight 
countries  would  sign  up  in 
a first  wave  around  the 
turn  of  the  century. 

The  Chancellor  unequivo- 


cally backed  the  decision 
by  Sir  Edward  Heath,  Lord 
Howe,  Douglas  Hurd  and 
other  “grandees’*  to  hit 
back  in  the  face  of  goading 
from  Euro-sceptics. 

“It's  entirely  a matter  for 
them  whether  they  speak 
out,  but  I can  understand 
their  feelings  because 
every  time  I go  near  a Euro- 
pean meeting  . . . every- 


thing I do  is  accompanied 
by  quotations  from  the 
usual  rent-a-quote  Euro- 
sceptic MPs  saying  we 
should  change  our  policy.” 
The  Labour  Party 
watched  with  glee  from  the 
sidelines.  The  shadow 
chancellor,  Gordon  Brown, 
said:  “The  Tories  are  at  war 
again  over  Europe.  This 
will  not  go  away  for  them. 


They  are  irrevocably  split 
and  this  is  damaging  Brit- 
ain's interests  in  Europe. " 

But  Labour  too  has  prob- 
lems with  the  single  cur- 
rency- On  Thursday,  a 
dozen  Labour  MPs  are  to 
put  out  a pamphlet  in 
favour  of  a single  currency 
in  response  to  an  anti-Euro- 
pean campaign  by  some 
Labour  MPs. 


Harman  seeks  to  blunt 
Castle’s  pension  plea 


Ewen  MacAskiU,  Chief 
Political  Correspondent 


THE  Labour  leadership 
will  try  to  blunt  Barbara 
Castle's  campaign  for  an 
across-the-board  £8  increase 
for  pensioner  couples  by  writ- 
ing a warning  letter  to  unions. 

The  issue  is  developing  as 
the  main  one  around  which 
old  Labour  and  New  Labour 
will  divide  at  the  party’s  con- 
ference in  Blackpool  next 
week.  In  a letter  to  the  leaders 
of  the  main  unions,  the 
shadow  social  services  secre- 
tary, Harriet  Hannan,  will 
claim  that  Baroness  Castle's 
proposal  could  mean  that  10 
million  people  paying  into  oc- 
cupational pension  schemes 
would  each  have  to  pay  an 
extra  £550  a year  because  of 
lost  rebates. 

She  will  argue  that  most 
members  of  the  big  unions 
are  in  occupational  schemes 


and  the  leaders,  by  voting  at 
conference  for  the  Castle 
plan,  could  be  making  their 
members  £550  poorer.  Lady 
Castle  is  at  the  head  of  a cam- 
paign to  restore  the  link  be- 
tween average  earnings  and 
the  state  pension,  and  is  win- 
ning union  support 

Ms  Hannan  will  soften  her 
letter  by  saying  the  party  had 
to  make  the  poorest  pension- 
ers the  priority,  highlighting 
the  700.000  who  fall  below  the 
poverty  line.  She  will  add  that 
another  reason  for  opposing 
the  Castle  plan  is  that  the 
Labour  leadership  will  not 
make  promises  it  cannot  keep. 

Ms  Harman  said  on 
GMTVs  Sunday  programme 
yesterday:  “I  think  what’s 
happened  over  the  years  is 
that  the  gap  between  pension- 
ers who  are  reasonably  okay 
and  those  who  are  absolutely 
at  the  bottom  has  widened. 

“The  earnings  gap  between 
the  richest  and  the  poorest  in 


work  is  now  feeding  through 
into  retirement."  Occupa- 
tional pensions  meant  that 
some  pensioners  nowadays 
were  better  off  she  said. 

“I  don’t  think  a flat  rate  in- 
crease of  £8  for  every  pen- 
sioner couple,  which  would 
go  to  Margaret  and  Denis 
Thatcher,  is  the  right  way  of 
doing  things.  We  need  to 
prioritise  those  who  have  al- 
ready been  means-tested  and 
those  who  actually  fall 
through  the  net." 

Jack  Jones,  National  Pen- 
sioners' Convention  leader, 
who  supports  Lady  Castle  and 
who  will  be  at  the  Labour  con- 
ference, opposed  Ms  Har- 
man's approach,  saying 
means  testing  was  costly. 
“The  administration  of  that  is 
something  like  lOp  in  the 
pound.  10  per  cent  as  opposed 
to  1 per  cent  for  the  national 
pension."  He  wanted  to  fund 
the  increase  by  taxing  the 
very  rich. 


Lib 

Dems 

target 

women 

Michael  White 
Political  Editor 


THE  Liberal  Democrats 
last  night  signalled  their 
determination  to  maxi- 
mise their  votes  among  women 
when  they  unveiled  a package 
of  female-friendly  policies. 

As  party  activists  gathered 
in  Brighton  for  their  annual 
assembly,  Emma  Nicholson, 
the  backbench  MP  who  de- 
fected from  the  Conservatives 
last  Christinas,  accused  the 
Tories  of  dishonesty  and 
Labour  of  a lack  of  courage, 
then  told  the  pre-conference 
rally:  “It  was  to  the  Liberal 
Democrats  that  I came.  They 


Conference  guide 

From  policy-making  forum  to  stage-managed  pantomime;  but  which  is  which? 


Conservative  v...:  .v. 

1 Labeui-  ..  | 

1 Eib  ;Dfetrre'L-t7‘  MM  'Q\ 

When 

Oct  8-11 

Sept  29 -Od  4 

Sept  22-26 

Where 

Bournemouth 

Blackpool 

Brighton 

LU 

Agenda 

Pre-etectlon  campaigning  from 
day  One  itirough  ny  Majors 
bigepeeatt  on  the  Friday. 

Desperate  to  use  conference 
as  launctipad  tor  general 
election  campaign. . . 

To  show  they  are  drfjerenl 
from  Tories  and  (especially) 
Labour. 

Potenffaf 

pitfalls 

Portflo;  Redwood  arid 
ojftets  have  own  agenda, 
joOreytftg  tor  future 
teadersWp contest  Europe 
' row  wffl  provide  Ms  Ot  Tory 
csvtt  war  RiortaE. 

Conference  ignores  - 

warnings  and  inifitis  ■ 
defeats  on  leader^Xp  on 
pensions.  Trident,  chtid 
benefit  and  workers'  nghta. 

Journalists  ignoring 
agenda  and  asking  about 
post-election  pads  with 
Labour.  LacKot  meda 
interest 

Gimmicks 

Fourteen-yeaf-oid  girt  set  to 
beoome  youngest  ever 
Bpaator 

Surprise  personalities  to 
come  forward  to  announce 
support. 

John  Cleese  unveils  poster 
and  Alan  Price  sings  specially 
ooromtealoned  song. 

seemed  to  me  to  combine  a 
faith  in  the  market  and  indi- 
vidual responsibility,  with 
wise  use  of  the  state  and  a 
sense  erf  responsibility." 


Among  policies  being  pro- 
moted this  week  is  legislation 
to  combine  and  strengthen 
the  Equal  Pay  and  Sex  Dis- 
crimination Acts,  including  a 


new  power  to  launch  legal 
actions  on  behalf  of  whole 
groups,  not  individuals  — for 
instance  dinner  ladies  whose 
pay  is  less  than  caretakers'. 


On  Thursday.  Baroness 
Williams,  darling  of  the  cen- 
tre-left in  her  Labour  days  as 
Shirley  Williams,  is  to  give 
the  conference's  final  rallying 
ciy.  But  the  policy  statement 
Fair  Deal  for  Women  which 
Mr  Ashdown  launched  in 
Brighton  last  night  with  Di- 
ana Maddock  and  Liz  Lynne, 
MPs  for  Christchurch  and 
Rochdale  respectively,  is  con- 
spicuous for  not  containing 
policies  specifically  intended 
to  woo  women. 

"They  are  not  just  for 
women,  they  are  not  an  add- 
on. they  are  for  all  the  fam- 
ily." Mrs  Maddock  said. 

As  such  they  stress  good 
health  and  education  services 
— Lib  Dems  want  two  years' 
pre-school  education  for  all  — 
and  stronger  rights  in  the 
workplace,  which  would  dis- 
proportionately  benefit 
women  who  are  low  paid,  or 
part-time. 

The  Lib  Dems  also  want 
maternity  leave  on  the  equiv- 
alent of  full  pay  for  IB  weeks. 
Mr  Ashdown  said:  “Over  the 
last  eight  years  women  have 
played  a more  and  more  cen- 
tral role  in.  the  party."  Offi- 
cials say  that  as  many  as  one 
third  of  their  5.000  councillors 
are  women. 


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6 WORLD  NEWS 


Bhutto  dynasty  mourns  again 


The  Guardian  Monday  September  23  iqoc 

Workei^il 
rush  to 
quit  Gulf  H 


Ibrahim  Khan  in  Larfeana 


Members  of  the 
divided  Bhutto 
political  dyn- 
asty came  to- 
gether at  the 
weekend  at  the  family's  an- 
cestral home  in  Larkana  to 
pay  their  respects  to  Mur- 
taza,  the  Pakistani  prime 
minister's  brother,  who 
was  killed  in  a gun  battle 
with  police  officers  on  Fri- 
day night. 

His  death  has  visibly 
shaken  the  prime  minister, 
Benazir  Bhutto,  who  ac- 
companied their  mother. 
N us  rat,  and  another  daugh- 
ter, Sanam,  in  laying  red 
roses  on  Murtaza’s  grave 
yesterday. 

His  Lebanese  widow, 
Gfalnwa,  called  on  support- 
ers to  stay  calm  after  they 
clashed  with  police  yester- 
day near  his  house  in  Sind 
province. 

She  urged  them  to  wait 
rmtil  a government  inquiry 
completes  its  work.  "Even 
today  people  were  raising 
slogans  and  I have  asked 
them  ‘Let  us  curse  the  kill- 
ers, but  let  us  not  take 
names  now',"  sbe  said. 

Witnesses  said  the  dem- 
onstrators prevented  Presi- 
dent Farooq  Leghari  Cram  , 
making  a condolence  visit 
to  the  house  by  chasing  the 
police  away  as  his  motor-  I 
cade  approached. 

They  said  about  250  sup- 
porters of  Murtaza  blocked 
the  road  with  burning  tyres 
and  chanted  slogans  accus- 
ing Benazir’s  husband.  As  if 
Ali  Zardari.  of  being  part  of 
a conspiracy  to  kill  their 
leader. 

Murtaza,  aged  42.  was 
shot  and  killed  with  six  of 
his  followers  in  the  clash 
with  police  in  Karachi.  An- 
other of  his  supporters  died 
of  his  wounds  on  Saturday. 

A spokesman  for  his 
Pakistan  People’s  Party- 
Shaheed  Bhutto  faction 
said  it  had  no  confidence  in 
the  high  court  judge  ap- 
pointed to  head  the  inquiry, 
Ali  Mohammed  Raloch. 

The  spokesman  claimed 
that  yesterday  the  police 
shot  dead  a detained  survi- 
vor of  Friday's  gim  battle. 
He  said  the  man,  identified 
only  as  Aalf,  had  been  in 
the  back  of  Murtaza’s  vehi- 
cle, but  bad  escaped  injury 
at  the  time. 

He  added  that  the  secu- 
rity forces  had  detained 
3,000  party  members  in  the 
past  few  days.  Karachi 


Kathy  Evans, 

and  Reuter  In  Bombay 


) JK  HUGE  exodus  of 
Asian  labourers  from 
the  United  Arab 
^^^^Emirates  Is  building 
up  this  week,  predicted  to 
reach  200.000  before  the  secu- 
rity forces  are  expected  to  en- 
force the  government's 
September  30  deadline  for  Ole- 
gal  workers  to  leave  of  the 
country. 

Tens  of  thousands  are 
queueing  daily  for  exit  visas 
and  assistance  at  the  embas- 
sies of  India.  Pakistan,  Sri 
Lanka,  and  Bangladesh.  Some 
Filipino  and  Arab  workers 
are  also  going. 

About  1.8  million  foreigners 
work  in  the  Emirates,  making 
up  85  per  cent  of  the 
population. 

The  Indian  embassy  has  al- 
ready arranged  exit  visas  for 

40.000  of  the  50.000  of  its  na-  j 
tionajs  who  have  been  work-  j 
mg  without  official  permis- , 
sion  in  the  UAE. 

Attempts  are  being  made  to  I 
arrange  extra  flights  to  the  : 
four  main  south  Asian 
countries  affected.  Ferries 
will  take  some  people  by  sea 
to  J unagar,  an  Indian  coastal 
town  near  Bombay. 

During  the  weekend,  men 
like  Gamba  Ram,  an  un- 
skilled labourer,  were  filing 
off  flights  from  Dubai. 

“Everybody  had  to  come 
out,  because  staying  in  the 
country  would  have  caused 
more  problems,”  he  said. 

"Even  though  we  didn't 
have  any  money  we  came 
somehow-.  Some  of  us  even 
borrowed  money  to  buy  our 
tickets.  We  faced  some  diffi- 
culties but  we  had  to  abide  by 
the  rules  of  that  country.” 

The  deadline  was  set  two 
months  ago.  but  many  illegals 
delayed  their  departures  until 
the  last  few  days  before  the 
deadline  because  they  could 
not  afford  tickets  or  hoped  the 
government  would  change  its 
mind. 

After  September  30,  anyone 
without  legal  papers  faces  de- 
portation. and  their  employ- 
ers become  liable  to  stiff  fines 
and  possibly  jail. 

"It's  mainly  the  illegal 
slave  labour  that’s  being 
thrown  out"  an  expatriate 
resident  of  the  Emirates  said. 

"The  people  who  came  on 
boats  illegally,  the  people  who 
absconded  from  their  employ- 
ers — they  can  now  leave 
with  no  fines,  and  no  ques- 
tions asked.” 

Diplomats  estimate  that 

200.000  of  the  1.8  million  for- 


PaMstan’s  prime  minister,  Benazir  Bhutto,  and  members  of  her  government  offer  prayers  in  larkana  for  her  estranged  brother  Murtaza,  who  was 
killed  in  a gun  battle  with  police  in  Karachi  on  Friday  night  (below) 


police  confirmed  only  six 
arrests. 

Murtaza  was  estranged 
from  his  older  sister  Bena- 
zir for  much  of  his  turbu- 
lent life.  She  inherited  the 
leadership  of  the  PPP  from 
her  father,  the  former 
prime  minister  Znlflkar  Ali 
Bhutto,  who  was  hanged  in 
1979. 

Yesterday  Nusrat  Bhutto 
Issued  a statement  saying 
Murtaza’s  death  was  part  of 
a conspiracy  against  the 
family  and  denying  reports 
that  sbe  had  Implicated 
Benazir  and  her  husband. 

"The  vicious,  malicious 
and  unkindest  remarks  at- 
tributed to  me  are  only  de- 
signed to  create  confusion 
in  the  people's  mind,  with  a 
view  to  diverting  attention 
from  the  real  culprits, 
whom  the  independent 
commission  will  identify," 
she  said. 

Nusrat  lost  another  son, 
Shahnawaz,  who  died  in 
France  in  1985,  possibly 


after  having  been  poisoned. 

The  PPP-Shaheed  Bhutto 
faction  accused  Zardari, 
Benazir's  husband,  of  engi- 
neering Murtaza’s  death.  A 
statement  issued  yesterday 
by  Zafar  Arif,  a member  of 
its  central  committee,  said 
Zardari  had  held  secret 
talks  with  “criminal  ele- 
ments'* in  the  security 
forces  last  week. 

“The  murder  of  Murtaza 
Bhutto  is  the  direct  result 
of  these  conspiracies,"  it 
said. 

No  comment  was  immedi- 
ately forthcoming  from 
Zardari,  who  is  Pakistan’s 
investment  minister. 

The  police  say  Murtaza’s 
guards  fired  first  on  Friday 
night,  but  opposition  politi- 
cians dispute  their  account. 

Nawaz  Sharif,  the  leader 
of  the  main  opposition 
Pakistan  Muslim  League, 
has  accused  the  govern- 
ment of  "state  terrorism” 
against  its  political  oppo- 
nents. — Reuter. 


So  far  120,000  "’ontpasses*  -i 
1 permission  to  leave  — _ hav» 
been  issued.  ■ 


west  state  of  Kerala,  wW 
there  are  plansrtb  estafii^. 
S196  million  rehabilitation 
programme  for  those  return, 
mg  home. 

The  Bangladeshi  govern, 
ment  says  the  30.000  people  it 
expects  home  will  have  to 
fend  for  themselves,  but  Ifhas 
asked  the  natisaud  airihie  to 
put  on  extra  flights.  \- 

“The  government  M 
plan  as  such  to  help  or  «aa- 
pensate  the  retun*es,”  the 
foreign  minister.  .-Abd us 
Samad  Azaa,  "said  at  the 

weekend. 

The  Philippines  and  Sri 
Lanka  both  foresee  about 
10,000  of  their  citizens,  mostly 
maids,  being  ruled  megaTh, 
the  uae. 

People  from  Asia  flocked  to 


‘It  is  mainly 
the  illegal  slave 
labour  which  is 
being  thrown  out? 


the  Gulf  in  the -early  1970s 
when  the  oil  boom  began. 
They  were  cheap  andthetJAE 
turned  a 'blind  eye  to  illegals, 
benefiting  from  their -con- 
struction of  pipelines,  xefla- 
eriea  roads  and  hospitals.  . 

Construction  costs  are  ex- 
pected to  rise  by  10-20  per  cent 
as  a result  of  the  crackdown, 
which  is  partly  due  to  moder- 
ate oil  prices  but  also  reflects 
the  UAE  government's  con- 
cern at  local  anger  .-that 
Asians  are  working  while  na- 
tionals remhin  unemployed, 
even  though  Gulf  Arabs  are' 
unwilling  to-  do  labouring 
work. 

Recently  there  have  been 
attacks  cm  Asians  in  nearby 
Bahrain,  where  unetqptoy^ 
ment  is  high.  - 

"They’re  scared  of  what’s 
happening  in  Bahrain  an d 
don't  want  a repetition  here,” 
a Dubai  source  said:  > ' ; 

• Bahrain  detained  & Reuter 
correspondent  lor  more  than 
24  hours  for  questioning 
about  a story  he- wrote Cm  tee' 
political  situation  in  the  Gulf 
state.  Abbas  Saiman.  aged  tat-, 
a Bahraini,  was  stumnonedto 
the  interior  nriiiistryon  Sat- 
urday morning  and  released  , 
without  charge  on  Stuiday 
afternoon. 


News  in  brief 


Kenya  arrests 
Rwandan  exile 


Kenya  has  arrested  an  exiled 
Rwandan  Hutu  businessman 
suspected  of  being  involved  in 
Rwanda’s  1994  genocide  of  up 
to  one  million  Tutsis  and 
moderate  Hutus,  state  radio 
and  a Rwandan  refugee 
leader.  Innocent  Butare.  said 
on  Saturday. 

The  arrest  on  Friday  of 
Obeid  Ruzindana  was  the 
first  by  Kenya,  considered  by 
Rwanda's  new  Tutsi-led  gov- . 
eminent  to  be  a haven  for 
Hutu  refugees.  — Reuter. 

Poll  result  delay 

The  Organisation  for  Security 
and  Co-operation  in  Europe 
has  postponed  its  announce- 
ment of  the  outcome  of  the 
Bosnian  election,  which  was 
due  on  Saturday,  for  at  least  a 
week.  — Reuter. 

Saudi  beheadings 

Saudi  Arabia  beheaded  four 
Nigerian  men  in  Mecca  yes- 
terday for  robbing  a jewellery 
store,  Saudi  state  television 
reported.  The  beheadings  are 
the  first  this  year  for  a theft 
case.  — Reuter. 

Macau  ballot 

Macau's  last  legislative  elec- 
tions under  Portuguese  rule 
began  yesterday.  The  terri- 
tory reverts  to  China  in 
1999.  — Reuter. 


Netanyahu  buoyant  on 
hardline  peace  policy 


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The  PM  is  heading  for  Europe  with  tales  of 
victory,  writes  Derek  Brown  in  Jerusalem 


THE  Israeli  prime  minis- 
ter, Binyamin  Netan- 
yahu, will  bring  to 
Europe  this  week  a message 
of  good  cheer  about  a Middle 
East  peace  process  which 
everyone  else  thinks  has 
stalled. 

His  buoyant  mood  came 
over  clearly  when  he  briefed 
European  correspondents  be- 
fore his  trip  to  London,  Paris 
and  Bonn. 

“I  am  committed  to  these 
negotiations,''  he  said.  “I  am 
committed  to  achieving  a ne- 
gotiated peace  with  the  Pales- 
tinians. and  with  the  Syrians, 
and  those  who  doubt  our  seri- 
ous intent  are  going  to  be  con- 
tinually confounded.” 

Having  shaken  the  hand  of 
the  Palestinian  National  Au- 
thority president,  Yasser  Ara- 
fat and  set  in  motion  a mech- 
anism of  steering  committees, 
procedural  meetings  and  I 
talks  about  talks,  Mr  Netan- 
yahu clearly  feels  that  events 
have  justified  his  hardline 
stand  on  security,  Jerusalem, 
the  Golan  Heights  and  the  ex- 
pansion of  Jewish  settlements 


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in  the  occupied  territories. 

On  the  face  of  it  Mr  Netan- 
yahu is  indeed  winning  his 
campaign  to  re-focus  peace 
talks  on  Israeli  security 
rather  than  on  the  concept  of 
land  for  peace,  which  was  the 
main  thrust  of  the  previous. 
Labour-led,  government's 
policy. 

Mr  Arafht  has  had  to  bow  to 
the  new  reality,  ordering  the 
closure  of  two  Palestinian  of- 
fices in  Jerusalem  and  main- 
taining repressive  tactics 
against  potentially  violent  op- 
position groups. 

He  has  railed  against  Is- 
raeli proposals  to  build  thou- 
sands of  new  homes  for  Jew- 
ish settlers  in  the  West  Bank, 
but  he  has  little  practical 
hope  of  blocking  them.  He 
has  complained  about  Israeli 
violations  of  the  existing 
peace  accords,  but  knows  that 
the  rules  have  been  re-written 
and  that  he  has  no  option  but 
to  play  by  them. 

Even  under  these  circum- 
stances Mr  Arafat  has  been 
nothing  but  courteous.  Yes- 
terday. on  the  eve  of  Yom  Kip- 
pur,  he  called  Mr  Netanyahu 
to  wish  him  Shana  Tova : a 
Happy  New  Year. 

Mr  Netanyahu  has  no  ap- 
parent constraints.  Washing- 
ton has  shown  mild  concern 
about  settlement  expansion, 
but  with  the  presidential  elec- 
tion looming  there  is  little 
possibility  of  intervention. 
Arab  countries  have  criti- 
cised the  new  approach  to 
peace,  but  have  few  ways  to 
express  their  alarm,  except  to 
criticise  Mr  Arafat 

On  the  Syrian  front  Mr  Ne- 
tanyahu has  simply  aban- 


doned the  limited  but  pain- 
fully achieved  progress  made 
by  the  previous  government 
and  is  proposing  to  restart  ne- 
gotiations from  scratch. 

In  recent  weeks  Damascus 
has  responded  by  redeploying 
Large  numbers  of  troops  close 
to  the  de-facto  Israeli  border, 
but  even  the  threat  of  war, 
has  been  brushed  aside  by  the 
Israeli  government. 

In  short  the  peace  process 
has  been  drastically  re-cast 
by  the  Israeli  right,  and  Mr 
Netanyahu  has  abandoned  or 
postponed  many  of  the  com-  I 
mitments  he  inherited  from  | 
the  previous  government 

Israeli  troop  redeployment 
in  the  flashpoint  West  Bank 
town  of  Hebron,  where  some 
400  Jewish  settlers  live  in  the 
midst  of  100,000  Palestinians, 
has  been  postponed.  The  gov- 
ernment now  says  it  wants  to 
renegotiate  the  terms. 

The  transfer  of  day- today 
security  in  Palestinian  areas 
of  the  West  Bank  to  the  Pales- 
tinian Authority  has  not 
happened,  nor  has  the  release 
of  women  prisoners  and 
other  categories  of  political 
detainees. 

Moreover,  the  system  of 
safe  passage  between  the 
West  Bank  and  the  Gaza 
Strip,  first  promised  three 
years  ago,  has  not  yet  been 
implemented  and  negotia- 
tions on  Jerusalem,  refugees, 
settlements  and  borders,  have 
stopped. 

During  Mr  Netanyahu's 
trip,  which  will  mark  his  first 
100  days  in  office,  Europe 
will  be  left  in  no  doubt  about 
the  new  limits  on  peacemak- 
ing. The  prime  minister  told 
reporters  that  in  future  he 
will  not  meet  any  European 
visitor  who  also  visits  Orient 
House,  the  main  Palestinian 
institution  in  Jerusalem. 


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T1«  Guardian  Monday  Septemhpr  23 

Echoes  of  the 
past  end  Pope’s 
French  visit 


Alex  Duval  Smith  in  Paris 

THE  Pope  left  France  yes- 
terday at  the  end  of  his 
controversial  four-day 
visit,  his  departure  marked 
by  a low  key  final  demonstra- 
tion of  protest 
Dp  to  10,000  gathered  in 
Pans  to  condemn  the  “return 
to  moral  order"  with  which 
the  papal  visit  had,  in  some 
minds,  been  associated. 

On  the  final  and  most  con- 
tentious day  of  his  tour,  the 
Pope  travelled  to  Reims  to 
commemorate  before  200,000 
people  the  baptism  in  496  of 
King  Clovis,  the  first  western 
European  leader  to  convex!  to 
Roman  Catholicism. 

But  in  his  homily  at  a mili- 
tary base,  the  frail  76-year-old 
pontiff  avoided  describing 
' France  as  the  “elder  daughter 
of  the  Church”  — a title  cher- 
ished by  nationalists  and  reli- 
gious traditionalists  in  a 
country  which  is  80  per  cent 
Roman  Catholic. 

Instead,  he  called  Clovis's 
christening  a “great  baptis- 
mal jubilee".  The  Pope  told 
the  congregation:  “It  gives 
you  an  opportunity  to  reflect 
on  the  gifts  which  you  have 
received  and  on  the  responsi- 
bilities which  flow  from 
them.  It  should  also  lead  you 
to  review  the  vast  spiritual 
history  of  the  soul  of  France.” 
hi  Paris,  demonstrators  — 
ranging  from  feminists  to  an- 
archists and  the  traditionally 
left-wing  French  freemasons 
— denounced  official  funding 
of  the  papal  visit  They  said  it 
conflicted  with  France's  secu- 
lar ideals,  established  in  1905 
when  Church  and  state  where 
constitutionally  separated. 

Nicole  Baruth,  a retired 
teacher,  said:  “We  want  a 
tolerant  republic,  for  all  reli- 
gions, not  one  with  echoes  of 
the  divine  right  of  kings.  This 
papal  visit,  endorsed  by  the 


853:  ' undermined  secular 

n1SfnK!UCll>are  Just  bee1"' 
to  be  understood.” 

jkjWMWtrators,  who 
included  Protestants  and 
campaigners  against  racism, 
denounced  Vatican  teachings, 
released  Inflated  con- 
®2d  ebanted:  “If  only 

szxa&s? had  kn°™ 

~p,Sdwec^nl 

health,  said:  "The  Pope  has 
wurcr,  God  exists!” 

Benoit  Gauchard,  chairman 
of  David  & Jonathan,  an  influ- 
ential gay  and  lesbian  Chris- 
toan  group,  said  he  felt  the 
protests  had  been  successful. 
He  said:  “The  clergy  dis- 
itself  from  statements 
about  Clovis  from  Jean-Marie 
Pen  [the  leader  of  the  far- 
nght  National  Front]  and 
very  hard  to  include  all 
Catholics  in  the 
celebrations.” 

But  the  meeting  on  Satur- 
day m Tours  between  the 
Pope  and  200  "injured  of  life" 
— unmigrants,  homosexuals 
homeless,  unemployed  and 
handicapped  people  — had 
been  disappointing,  he  said. 

Pope  shook  hands 
with  the  'religiously-correcf 
guests,  like  old  ladies,  but  an 
Aids  sufferer  who  had  been 
promised  an  audience  was 
turned  away." 

Many  of  the  demonstrators 
to  Pans  were  not  attached  to 
organisations. 

Emma  Filoche  and  Lea 
Heldman.  both  aged  17,  con- 
ceded that  the  Pope  had  vis- 
ited France  three  times  under 
the  former  Socialist  president 
Francois  Mitterrand  without 
raising  eyebrows. 

"It  is  different  now  because 
so  much  has  been  made  of 
Clovis,  as  if  that  ancient  king 
represents  us.  But  it's  the 
Revolution  and  all  that  hap- 
pened after  it  which  repre- 
sents modem  France." 


WORLD  NEWS  7 


Greek  opposition  leader  quits  after  conceding  defeat 

Close  race  ends  in 
victory  for  Pasok 


Helena  Smith  in  Athens 


*SSSSBffi5SSSKE»ES 


THE  Greek  Socialist 
party  Pasok  held  on  to 
power  last  night  in  a 
close  general  election 
race  against  the  main  opposi- 
tion New  Democracy  Party. 

After  early  exit  polls  gave 
the  Socialists,  led  by  the 
prime  minister  Costas  Slmi- 
tis.  about  42  per  cent  of  the 
vote,  the  opposition  conserve 
fives  conceded  defeat. 

Miltiades  Evert  announced 
that  he  was  resigning  from  the 
leadership  of  New  Democracy, 
If  the  exit  polls  are  con- 
firmed, Mr  Simifis  will  have 
more  than  159  deputies  in  the 
300-seat  parliament  — down 
from  the  present  170  seats, 
but  still  with  an  absolute 
majority. 

In  the  month-long  cam- 
paign, Greeks  expressed  dis- 
affection with  the  main  par- 
ties and  an  unprecedented 
number  of  first-time  voters 
told  pollsters  that  they  would 
cast  blank  "protest”  ballots. 
The  percentage  of  spoiled  bal- 
lots was  not  known  last  night 
The  death  in  June  of  the 


previous  prime  minister.  An- 
dreas Papandreou.  made  yes- 
terday's election  the  first 
without  one  0f  the  political 
giants  who  have  controlled 
Greece  since  its  independence 
from  Turkey  in  1833. 

“This  is  the  first  time  Pasok 
has  won  a national  victory 
without  Andreas  Papan- 
hM  his  son.  George. 
Mr  Simitis  replaced  Papan- 
dreou as  Pasok  leader  in  Jan- 
uary after  openly  challenging 
hxs  style  and  views.  Since 
then  he  has  emerged  as  one  of 
Greece’s  most  popular  politi- 
cals- winning  praise  for  his 
reform  programmes. 

A former  commercial  law 
professor,  aged  60.  Mr  Simitis 
called  the  election  a year 
early,  seeking  a new  mandate 
to  consolidate  his  power  and 
press  ahead  with  domestic 
and  foreign  policy  decisions. 

The  election,  aides  said 
was  his  biggest  political  gam- 
ble since  he  helped  found  Pa- 
sok from  an  anti-junta  resis- 
tance group  in  1974. 

But  while  his  determina- 
tion to  transform  Greece  into 
a modern  European  Union 
state  has  been  welcomed,  his 


lacklustre  campaign  perfor- 
mance often  seemed  to  alien- 
ate supporters. 

After  decades  of  being 
treated  to  the  rousing 
speeches  of  Papandreou,  vot- 
ers found  Mr  Simitis  discon- 
certingly deadpan  and  many 
appeared  ready  to  support  the 
smaller  parties. 

Analysts  said  they  expected 
Dikki,  a populist  socialist 
splinter  group  set  up  earlier 
this  year,  to  take  some  votes 
from  Pasok. 

In  another  twist  to  the  elec- 
tion. Mr  Evert  a former  Ath- 
ens mayor,  shamelessly  plun- 
dered Pasok's  electoral  tricks 
While  Mr  Simitis  spoke  of  the 
need  to  rein  in  the  enormous 
budget  deficit,  Mr  Evert 
adopted  a populist  platform  of 
costly  promises. 

With  20  per  cent  of  voters 
undecided  on  the  eve  of  the 
poll.  Mr  Simitis  tried  to  win 
support  by  invoking  Papan- 
dreou's  memory. 

Certainly,  Pasok's  victory 
has  not  been  without  the  help 
of  the  aura  of  Papandreou, 
with  whom  Mr  Simitis  so 
publicly  clashed  before  be- 
coming his  successor. 


Rivals  hover  amid 
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on  the  independent  Radio 
Echo  Moskvi,  he  blamed  jour- 
nalists for  starting  a panic 
and  said  everything  would  be 
decided  by  a commission  of 
doctors  meeting  this  week. 

, The  presidential  chief  of 
ERE  was  complete  staff,  Anatoly  Chubais,  de- 
silence,  reminiscent  of  dined  to  comment,  but  he 
Soviet  days,  on  all  Rus-  j told  a party  congress  in  Mos- 


cow of  Russia’s  Democratic 
Choice:  "Those  politicians 
who  believe  that  it  is  tiiru»  to 
take  up  starting  positions  in  a 
presidential  campaign  will 
very  soon  realise  that  they 
have  jumped  the  gun." 

His  comments  were  in- 
tended as  much  for  the  politi- 
cians in  power  as  for  those, 
including  the  Communist 
leader  Gennady  Zyuganov,  in 
opposition.  Last  week  Mr 
Yeltsin  prepared  the  ground 
for  handing  over  all  his  pow- 
ers, including  control  over 
the  nuclear  button,  to  his 
prime  minister,  Viktor  Cher- 


sia’s  official  news  agencies 
yesterday  about  a Russian 
surgeon's  assertion  that  Pres- 
ident Boris  Yeltsin  bad  had 
an  undisclosed  heart  attack 
and  that  a heart  bypass  opera- 
tion on  him  would  probably 
have  to  be  postponed. 

Mr  Yeltsin's  daughter 
Tatiana  Diachenko  said  in  an 
interview  on  Russian  televi- 
sion that  the  operation  would 
go  ahead  and  that  it  “will  be 
done  by  our  surgeons”. 

Having  admitted  that  he 
would  be  a “passive"  or  Lame- 
duck  president  without  heart 
surgery,  Mr  Yeltsin  is  rapidly 
running  out  of  options  — in- 
cluding political  ones. 

‘Here,  a surgeon 
does  not  jump  off 
a plane  without 

another  winter  of  economic  a raaranhi  rha* 
misery  — will  feel  cheated  by  d petition UU5 

the  cover-up  of  an  apparent 
durd  heart  attack  during  a nomyrdin.  But  another  de- 
key stage  of  July's  elections.  cree  needs  to  be  signed  before 

The  disclosure  was  made  by  the  transfer  can  be  activated. 
Professor  Renat  Akchurin,  Mr  Chernomyrdin  has 
the  cardiac  surgeon  nomi-  taken  a leading  Communist 
nated  to  lead  the  team  con-  Am  an  Tuleyev,  into  his  cabi- 
aucting  the  operation.  He  said  net  as  minister  for  the  CIS 
he  had  found  scarring  on  the  countries,  and  has  held  talks 
™art  which  clearly  indicated  with  Mr  Zyuganov. 


a heart  attack  in  late  June  or 
early  July  — just  before  the 
second  round  of  elections. 

Making  it  clear  that  he  had 
spoken  out  of  self-preserva- 
*>rof  Akchurin  said: 
The  most  likely  [outcome]  is 
“at  the  operation  will  be 
Postponed.  In  effect  if  the 
nsks  are  high,  no  one  will 
want  to  take  the  chance.  Here, 
as  in  France  and  in  the 


Mr  Zyuganov  has  supported 
Mr  Chernomyrdin  in  a debate 
about  handing  all  Mr  Yelt- 
sin's power  over  to  the  head 
of  the  government  Their  co- 
operation has  fed  speculation 
that  they  are  preparing  a pact 
to  see  off  the  nationalist  for- 
mer paratrooper.  General  Al- 
exander Lebed. 

With  the  economy  in  tatters 
and  the  government's  lnabil- 


United  States,  a surgeon  does  ity  to  pay  public  sector  wages 
hot  jump  off  a plane  without  a threatening  a financial  crisis. 

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parachute. 

The  presidential  press 
°Sice  issued  no  statements 
and  a spokesman  said  only 
only  that  Prof  Akchurin’s 
comments  had  been  distrib- 
uted *'to  all  the  people 
concerned". 

The  Kremlin’s  chief  physi- 


Mr  Zyuganov's  political 
weight  has  increased,  because 
his  party  largely  controls  the 
State  Duma. 

He  can  offer  the  prime  min- 
ister a quiet  Duma  in  return 
for  Mr  Zyuganov’s  ultimate 
goal:  a government  of 
national  unity. 


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Monday  September  23 1996 

Edition  Number  46,666 

119  Farringdon  Road,  London  EC1 R 3ER 

Fax  No.  0171-837  4530 

E-mail:  Jettersi&guardian.co.uk 
Website:  http://www.guardian.co.uk 


Solid  in 
the  centre 

But  LibDems  must  take  sides 

IF  A STUDY  of  the  opinion  polls  held  the  key  to  the 
state  of  the  Liberal  Democrats,  then  the  party  would  be 
gathering  in  gloom  at  Brighton  this  week.  Yesterdays 
NOP  poll  showed  Paddy  Ashdown's  party  stuck  on  an 
underwhelming  14  points,  while  Labour  consolidated  a 
massively  consistent  lead  over  the  Conservatives.  At 
such  a short  distance  from  the  general  election,  that 
ought  to  be  an  extremely  sobering  rating  for  the  third 
party  since  it  implies  that  Mr  Ashdown  will  be  hard 
put  to  keep  all  of  his  25  current  colleagues  in  the  next 
Parliament,  relegating  the  Liberal  Democrats  to  yet 
another  period  as  ephemeral  also-rans  — albeit  this 
time  under  Labour  rather  than  the  Conservatives. 

Yet  an?  they  downhearted?  Not  a bit  of  it.  The  actual 
mood  in  which  the  Liberal  Democrats  are  gathering  is 
far  from  glum.  The  party  may  no  longer  dream  of 
outright  victory  in  the  general  election,  as  its  predeces- 
sors did  fleetingly  before  the  1983  contest  But  the 
realisation  that  Mr  Ashdown  will  not  next  spring  be 
appointing  the  first  Liberal  Democrat  cabinet  since 
Llovd  George  has  done  little  to  puncture  his  party’s  self- 
belief. The  goals  for  1997  have  been  scaled  down 
compared  with  1983.  And  yet  the  Liberal  Democrats  are 
right  to  sense  that  the  coming  general  election  could  at 
last  consolidate  them  as  a powerful  national  party  — an 
achievement  which  has  consistently  eluded  the  party 
and  its  predecessors  for  more  than  70  years. 

The  underlying  reason  for  this  confidence  is  ideologi- 
cal. However  fuzzy  the  Liberal  Democrats  may  some- 
times seem  and  be,  they  have  managed  to  steer  a 
relatively  consistent  course  through  the  political  tem- 
pests of  the  Thatcherite  revolution  and  their  aftermath. 
They  have  always  managed  to  present  themselves  as 
more  socially  concerned  than  the  Conservatives  and 
less  threatening  than  Labour,  with  the  result  that  they 
have  always  been,  whether  they  like  it  or  not,  the  centre 
party.  But  in  the  last  decade,  especially  under  Mr 
Ashdown's  command,  the  party  has  managed  to  rede- 
fine its  traditional  preoccupations  in  a more  radical 
manner.  While  the  Conservatives  have  moved  hysteri- 
cally to  the  right,  dragging  an  electorally  pragmatic 
Labour  Party  with  them,  the  Liberal  Democrats  have 
seemed  increasingly  to  be  the  party  of  secure  and  tested 
radical  principles  — on  international  questions,  the  law 
and  order  agenda,  electoral  and  institutional  reform 
and  especially  on  the  environment  More  than  either  of 
the  other  two  parties,  the  Liberal  Democrats  can  claim 
to  have  been  vindicated  by  the  events  of  the  1980s  and 
1990s.  Let  us  hope  that  they  do  not  waver  on  them  now. 

And  yet  the  Liberal  Democrats  are  more  than  ever 
the  third  party  in  our  national  politics.  The  electoral 
reality  of  the  coming  months  is  that  their  role  is  to  win 
seats,  especially  in  the  south-west,  that  Tony  Blair's 
Labour  Party  cannot  manage  to  capture.  They  have,  as 
one  columnist  put  it  yesterday,  the  progressive  fran- 
chise in  these  parts  of  the  country  and  their  contribu- 
tion has  to  be  seen  in  that  essentially  tactical  context 
The  Liberal  Democrats  will  spend  many  of  the  coming 
days  indignantly  denouncing  Mr  Blair  and  differentiat- 
ing themselves  from  Labour.  Yet  they  should  not  be  too 
self-righteous.  Mr  Blair  is  not  beyond  criticism,  but  he 
is  the  best  thing  that  has  happened  to  them  in  years. 
When  the  time  comes  next  spring,  their  party  and  his 
must  be  on  the  same  side  in  driving  out  the  Conserva- 
tives and  rebuilding  our  battered  society. 


Fairer  for  poor  pupils 

So  why  does  the  Old  Left  rubbish  It? 

ONCE  UPON  a time  a long  long  period  ago,  a Labour 
government  struggled  to  create  a fairer  system  of 
education  for  people  aged  16  to  18.  It  rightly  concluded 
the  existing  system  was  random,  chaotic,  unfair  — 
lagging  hopelessly  behind  our  main  competitors.  One 
reason  why  Britain  in  the  1970s  had  the  lowest  staying 
on  rates  of  almost  all  European  states  was  the  inade- 
quate help  which  low  income  families  received  if  their 
children  remained  in  fulltime  education.  Only  a tiny 
proportion  was  given  education  maintenance  allow- 
ances and  even  then,  allowances  were  set  at  a miserable 
level.  A determined  Education  Secretary  called  Shirley 
Williams  tried  to  persuade  the  cabinet  to  introduce  a 
national  system  of  allowances.  She  failed.  To  their 
shame,  her  Labour  cabinet  colleagues  who  had  spend- 
ing plans  of  their  own  vetoed  it  Two  decades  on,  New 
Labour  has  produced  something  new:  a well-designed 
plan  to  keep  more  poor  pupils  in  fulltime  education 
only  to  be  berated  by  Tory,  Liberal  Democrat  and  Old 
Labour  followers. 

Britain's  post-16  education  remains  random,  chaotic 
and  unfair.  Fewer  young  people  stay  on  in  fulltime 
education  than  in  any  major  industrial  country  except 
Turkey.  There  is  a huge  drop  out  with  both  France  and 
Germany  having  half  as  many  again  in  fulltime  educa- 
tion by  18.  Perverse  incentives  suck  170,000  into  youth 
training  schemes  where  half  do  not  finish  the  course 
and  of  those  that  do,  one-third  get  no  qualification.  Only 
three  out  of  every  100  pupils  receive  education  mainte- 
nance allowances  and  then  only  an  average  of  £7  a 
week.  Is  it  any  wonder  so  many  pupils  from  poor  homes 
turn  to  no-bope  youth  training  schemes  paying  £35-a- 
week  allowances  rather  than  stay  on  for  the  sixth  form? 

Sensibly,  Labour  is  restructuring  this  system.  Youth 
training  — against  which  the  last  D earing  report 
inveighed  — will  be  scrapped.  There  will  only  be  two 
education  ladders  for  post-16  pupils  — work-based  or 
fulltime  in  school  or  college.  Middle  and  low  incnma 
families  who  keep  their  children  in  fulltime  education 
will  be  rewarded.  There  will  be  a basic  education 
maintenance  allowance  plus  a special  increment  for 
poor  families.  Belatedly,  the  perverse  incentives  which 
have  entrenched  educational  inequality  will  be  tackled 
Here  is  a rare  example  of  New  Labour  being  ready  to 
redistribute  from  the  better-off  to  the  poor  but  Labour’s 
Old  Left  and  the  silly  Liberal  Democrat  spokeswoman 
both  complain.  Why?  Because  Labour  will  finance  this 
scheme  through  pooling  and  then  redistributing  £650 
million  of  post-16  child  benefit,  £500  million  youth 
training  grants,  and  £11  million  education  maintenance 
allowances.  New  Labour  is  right  — its  critics  wrong  and 
reactionary.  Child  benefit  is  not  universal  beyond  16. 
Only  50  per  cent  of  families  receive  it  Mothers  with 
unemployed  children  do  not  get  it;  the  better  off  with 
children  in  sixth  form  do.  Labour  would  be  redirecting 
money  from  those  who  don’t  need  it  to  those  who  do. 
Reformers  should  be  embracing  the  principle,  not 
joining  the  Tories  in  rejecting  it 


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in  being  dismayed  at  the 
choice  of  words  used  by 
both  Kevin  Maxwell  and  Mr 
Justice  Buckley  in  justifying 
the  former's  acquittal  by  the 
latter  (Maxwell  goes  free. 
September  20). 

I am  a Mirror  Group  pen- 
sioner. I took  early  retire- 
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staff  photographer  in  order  to 
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for  our  children.  Under  the 
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well,  as  part  of  his  asset-strip- 1 
ping  programme,  chose  to , 
repudiate  this  agreement,  he 
kept  80  per  cent  of  that.  1 1 
sometimes  think  of  how  much  i 
more  use  it  would  have  been 
to  us. 

If  Mr  Justice  Buckley  had 
had  the  chance  to  see  with 
what  fortitude  my  late  wife 
bore  the  pain  of  her  illness 
and  the  misery  of  leaving  her 
family  so  early,  he  might 
have  felt  that  the  Maxwell 
family,  with  their  legal  inter- 
ests protected  by  some  £20 

Excess  licence 

ASPECTS  of  the  funding  of 
the  BBC  are  inappropriate 
in  this  day  and  age:  it  is 
funded  directly  by  licence 
holders  and  not  from  general 
taxes.  In  this  sense  the  BBC  is 
very  like  other  services,  such 
as  the  gas  and  water  utilities, 
in  that  the  user  pays  direct  to 
the  provider. 

Hbwever,  whereas  the  util- 
ities can  only  use  the  civil  law 
to  deal  with  those  who  do  not 
pay  their  dues,  the  BBC, 
through  its  collection  agency 
TV  Licensing,  is  likely  to  initi- 
ate proceedings  in  the  crimi- 
nal courts. 

Fail  to  pay  your  water  or 
electric  bill  and  you  may  Find 
yourself  in  the  county  court 
and  ordered  to  pay  off  your 
debt  — but  at  a rate  you  can 
afford.  Get  caught  without  a 
TV  licence  and  you  will  proba- 
bly end  up  with  a fine  — or  a 
period  in  prison  if  you  can't 
pay  — and  a criminal 
conviction. 

We  wouldn't  tolerate  a 
water  company  using  public 
funds  to  imprison  payment  de- 
faulters so  why  do  we  still  ac- 
cept it  for  the  BBC? 

Tun  Todd. 

Abingdon. 

Oxon. 


million  of  taxpayers'  legal 
aid,  offered  a greater  — in  his 
words  — “affront  to  fair  play 
and  decency”  and  were,  there- 
fore. rather  less  deserving  of 
his  all-important  sympathy. 
Terry  Rand. 

Fall  ode  n Way. 

London  NWll. 

I RECALL  Mrs  Maxwell's 
distress  during  the  previ- 
ous trial,  when  several  news- 
papers (including  yours) 
obligingly  published  lengthy 
interviews  with  her.  She  was 
pictured  gamely  hanging  up 
laundry  from  the  ceiling  of 
the  bam  in  which  the  family 
was  living,  pointing  out  that, 
far  from  being  rich,  her  hus- 
band was  dependent  on  legal 
aid  to  meet  his  defence  costs. 
Immediately  after  the  acquit- 
tal. however,  the  rejoicing 
Maxwells  sped  off  to  a man- 
sion provided  by  her  wealthy 
father. 

None  of  this  would  matter.  I 
suppose,  if  the  present  deci- 
sion set  a humane  precedent , 
for  other  defendants  whose 
families  would  be  distressed 


by  criminal  proceedings,  let 
alone  conviction  and  impris- 
onment In  fact,  all  it  does  is 
to  show  once  more  that  rich, 
successful  people  have  noth- 
ing to  fear  from  the  justice 
system,  especially  if.  like 
Kevin  Maxwell,  and  Jeffrey 
Archer  before  him.  they  have 
personable  wives. 

Peter  Close. 

8 Stannard  Road. 

London  E8 1DB. 

SEVERAL  members  of  the 
Maxwell  fraud  jury  were 
in  the  public  gaffers-  to  hear 
Mr  Justice  Buckley  “vindi- 
cate” their  verdict  in  the  first 
trial.  This  shows  an  obsessive 
interest  given  that  they  had 
said  originally  that  they  had 
neither  seen  nor  heard  of 
Robert  Maxwell. 

Do  we  want  such  people  de- 
termining cases  like  this  in 
future? 

Tony  Bo  ram. 

Chairman.  Association 
of  Mirror  Pensioners, 

Bridge  House. 

27  Court  Street  Navland, 
Colchester  C06  4JL. 


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Factory  farms’  poor  harvest 

PRINCE  Charles  (Prince  I profitability,  it  is  clearly  dam- 
hits  at  farming's  ‘unnatu-  [ aging  to  unemployed  farm 


r^hits  at  farming's  ‘unnatu- 
ral methods'.  September  20)  is 
right  to  point  out  the  links  be- 
tween poor  food  quality,  BSE 
and  factory  fanning.  Keeping 
thousands  of  animals 
together  in  a confined  space 
helps  to  spread  disease,  pre- 
cludes natural  behaviour  pat- 
terns and  causes  problems 
with  the  disposal  of  slurry. 

Factory  farming  is  sup- 
posed to  be  more  economic 
because  it  requires  less  land 
and  fewer  workers.  However, 
the  EU  is  now  paying  farmers 
not  to  use  some  land  for  agri- 
cultural purposes  (set  aside) 
because  of  surplus  capacity, 
and  while  employing  fewer 
people  may  benefit  a farm's 


profitability,  it  is  clearly  dam- 
aging to  unemployed  farm 
workers  and  to  the  rural 
economy  in  general.  Further- 
more intensive  farming  uses 
more  fuel  energy  than  free 
range  systems. 

The  EU  should  set  a date  for 
the  ending  of  factory  farming 
and  start  the  change  by  using 
the  Common  Agricultural 
Policy  budget  to  subsidise  or- 
ganic and  other  extensive 
fanning  systems. 

Richard  Mountford. 

76  Springfield  Road, 

Kings  Heath, 

Birmingham  B14  7DY. 

Please  include  a full  postal 
address,  even  on  e-mailed 
letters,  and  a telephone  number. 


(CPECLALLY  composed 
vdfjuries  will  no;  improve 
the  situation  (Leader.  Septem- 
ber 20).  I cannot  see  the  jus- 
tice In  someone  accused  of  a 
white  collar  crime  having  the 
privilege  cf  a jury  composed 
of  the  type  of  men  ana  women 
he  would  encounter  every 
day.  It  would  engender  sym- 
pathy and  understanding  of 
his  plight  and  may  encourage 
perverse  verdicts. 

It  could  equally  be  argued 
that  if  a policeman  were 
charged  with  perjury  and  per- 
verting the  course  of  justice, 
he  would  be  entitled  to  a jury 
of  policemen  so  that  he  could 
be  judged  by  people  who 
understood  the  culture  in 
which  he  operated. 

John  Thompson. 

29  West  Street, 

Newport  XP9  4DD. 

Please  include  a full  postal 
address,  even  on  e-mailed 
letters,  and  a telephone  number. 
We  may  edit  letters:  shorter 
ones  are  more  likely  to  appear. 
We  regret  we  cannot 
acknowledge  those  not. used. 


At  this  rate.  . . 

THOSE  who  advocate  link- 
ing the  national  non-do- 
mestic rating  system  to  firms' 
turnover  (Tories  urged  to 
make  big  firms  pay  more 
rates.  September  17)  are  miss- 
ing the  point  The  priority 
should  be  to  remove  the  in- 
equalities from  the  present 
system  to  create  a level  play- 
ing field  for  all  businesses. 

At  the  last  revaluation  in 
1995,  London  firms  saw  their 
properties  decrease  in  value, 
yet  they  are  denied  a corre- 
sponding reduction  in  their 
rates  bills  by  the  current  phas- 
ing arrangements  imposed  by 
the  Government  As  a result, 
there  are  areas  in  London 
where  rates  are  higher  than 
rents,  buildings  are  standing 
empty,  and  it  is  more  expen- 
sive to  refurbish  an  existing 
building  than  it  is  to  knock  it 
down  and  build  a new  one. 
The  Government  should  use 
the  next  Budget  to  atalish,  or 
at  the  very  least  speed  up,  the 
transitional  phasing 
arrangements. 

Simon  Sperryn. 

Chief  Executive, 

London  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  Industry. 

33  Queen  Street 
London  EC4R 1AP. 


Sorting  out  labels  for  the  launch 
of  the  party  conference  circuit 

ALEX  CarlDe  is  quite  right  I tion.  I win  therefore  have  to 
to  say  that  Tony  Blair  is  no  vote  for  the  Liberal 


i~\ to  say  that  Tony  Blair  is  no 
Liberal  (Bye  bye  S-word,  20 
September)  — but  he  appears 
somewhat  confused  about  the 
nature  of  his  own  party,  the 
Liberal  Democrats.  He  says: 
“Running  through  the  veins  of 
our  conference  . . . will  be 
modern  Liberalism”.  I wonder 
if  Shirley  Williams,  Charles 
Kennedy  and  other  social 
democrats  would  agree? 

Nigel  Ashton. 

Secretary  General. 

Liberal  Party. 

2a  Pine  Grove. 

Southport. 

Lancashire  PR9  9AQ. 

ALEX  Carlile  has  cryst- 
alised  my  thoughts  on 
New  Labour.  I have  voted 
Labour  for  the  past  43  years 
but  now  Labour  is  apparently 
no  longer  socialist  and  the 
spectacle  of  Tony  Blair  turn- 1 
ing  like  a weather-vane  to , 
catch  every  puff  of  electoral 
advantage  is  not  edifying.  I 
am  faced  with  the  choice  of  a 
opportunist  centrist  party 
and  a centrist  party  of  convic- 


A Country  Diary 


tion.  I win  therefore  have  to 
vote  for  the  Liberal 
Democrats. 

Peter  Shield. 

20WiUerbyRoadf 

Woodthorpe, 

Nottingham  NG54PB. 

YOUR  reporter  remarks 
that  “the  legalisation  tf 
cannabis”  is  not  “Lab  Dem 
policy**  (Mawhhmey.  makes 
play  for  ‘soft*  Lib  Dem  siqv- 
port,  September  21).  Had  he 
actually  consulted  our  docu- 
ment he  would  have  seen 
that  the  September  1994  Lib- 
eral Democrat  Party  confer- 
ence voted  to  decriminalise 
cannabis. 

He  would  also  have  been 
reminded  that  ah  internal 
Liberal  Democrat  assessment 
of  the  party's  weaknesses, 
leaked  earlier  fids  year,  had 
identified  one  of  these  as  the 
fact  that  the  "lib  Dems  would 
legalise  drugs”. 

(Dr)  Julian  Lewis. 

Deputy  Director, 
Conservative  Research  Dept, 
32  Smith  Square. 

London  SW1P3HH.  ' 


CLEY  MARSHES:  Although 
scientists  would  disapprove, 
the  behaviour  of  some  birds 
seems  so  gloriously  character- 
ful I can't  resist  anthropomor- 
phic interpretations.  The  clas- 
sic examples  are  the 
cormorants  at  this  Norfolk 
Wildlife  Trust  reserve.  These 
seabirds  have  made  one  of  the 
man-made  islands  their 
favourite  hang-out,  spending 
large  parts  of  the  day  preening 
and  sleeping  off  heavy  fish 
meals,  and  reminding  me  for 
all  the  world  of  a bunch  of 
loafing  hooligans.  Although  a 
cormorant  can  look  very 
smart  with  its  silvery  crest 
and  glossy  green-black  breed- 
ing plumage,  these  Cley  birds 
are  mainly  immatures.  At  this 
age  they're  only  a dull  black- 
brown.  The  underparts  are  an 
equally  undistinguished  dirty 
white  irregularly  invaded  by 
oily  yellow.  With  the  loose 
skin  of  their  throat  pouch, 
their  hooked  beaks  and  green 
reptilian  eyes,  cormorants  al- 
ways look  faintly  vulgar.  They 
often  stand  head  back,  legs 
apart  and  mouth  wide  open 
with  their  latest  catch  clearly 
visible  in  the  distended  throat 
Occasionally  they  vomit  the 


whole  fish  back  up,  catch  and 
manoeuvre  it  in  their  biD,  so 
they  can  then  re-swallow  ft 
more  comfortably.  This  is 
often  followed  by  the  aaxno- 
rant's  most  indelicate  perfor- 
mance. The  big  webbed  feet 
are  thrust  sideways  with  the 
ritual  solemnity-  of  a.sumo 
wrestler.  Then  the  tail  is 
raised  slowly  until  it  achieves 
a vertical  position,  when  the 
bird  fires  out  a jet  of  guano 
with  all  the  exaggerated 
relish  of  a naughty  schoolboy. 
To  get  airborne,  cormorants 
have  to  go  through  a simi- 
larly deliberate  routine,  wad- 
dling over  the  shingle  with 
heavy  wings  hammering  fort 
ously  at  the  air.  Gradually  all 
this  untidy  effort  resolves 
into  a compact,  purposeful  if 
hardly  graceful  action.  -Al- 
though on  occasions  cormo- 
rants in  flight  can  assume  a . 
certain  heraldic  beauty.  At 
dusk,  the  Norfolk  birds  go  to 
roost  en  masse  on  the  most 
inaccessible  sandbars  and 
flats,  moving  overhead  in 
long  formations  until  their 
arrow-like  silhouettes  merge 
with  the  wider,  softer  dark- 
ness'of  the  evening  sky. 


Tax  the  rich  and  splash  out  on  the  poor 


Endpiece 


Roy  Hattersley 


IT  IS,  1 know,  a savage  ac- 
cusation. But  all  the  evi- 
dence suggests  that  John 
Major  wrote  the  “taxation 
is  immoral”  speech  himself.  It 
was  certainly  written  in  his 
style  — not  inimitable,  but 
unlikely  to  be  Imitated  by 
anyone  who  has  a feeling  for 
the  English  language.  The  key 
sentence  — "Is  it  moral  to 
compulsorily  take  so  much 
tax  from  people?"  — contains 
a split  infinitive  compounded 
by  a redundant  adverb.  If  a 
levy  19  not  compulsory,  it  is 
not  a tax. 

There  followed  a second 
question  which  was  presum- 
ably intended  to  strengthen 
the  initial  argument  It  suc- 
ceeded in  emphasising  the 
Prime  Minister's  immunity  to 
syntax.  “Is  it  moral  to  impose 
obligations  on  employers  like 
the  Social  Chapter?"  Clearly 
employers  like  the  Social 
Chapter  are  close  relatives  of 
an  Irishman  with  one  eye 
called  Pat. 

There  was  more  to  com- 
plain about  in  the  Prime  Min- 
ister's Speech  than  bis  talent 


for  making  the  tongue  that 
Shakespeare  spake  sound  like 
a two-stroke  engine  with 
dirty  plugs  and  point  The 
substance  was  as  crass  as  the 
style.  When  a man  writes  to 
the  Inland  Revenue  with  the 
complaint  that  his  tax  code 
makes  no  allowance  for  his 
liabilities,  he  can  legitimately 
claim  that  he  is  paying  too 
much  tax.  But  what  on  earth 
does  that  judgment  mean  , 
when  it  is  applied  to  a whole 
nation?  Did  John  Major  mean  , 
that  everybody  in  Britain  is 
paying  too  much?  Was  his 
concern  just  for  the  rich,  or 
(more  improbably)  just  for 
the  poor?  How  is  too  much  tax 
defined?  Was  be  saying  that 
existing  public  services  could 
be  financed  at  a lower  cost  or 
that  some  services  — which 
he  thought  it  prudent  not  to 
specify  — should  be  cut  in 
order  to  reduce  the  standard 
rate? 

There  is  a theory  which  ar- 
gues that  any  tax  is  too  much 
tax  and  tries  to  dress  up  the 
greed  of  high  earners  to  look 
like  political  (if  not  morel) 
philosophy.  Frederick  von 
Hayek  insisted  that  “agree- 
ments by  the  majority  on 
sharing  the  booty  gained  by 
overwhelming  a minority  of 
fellow-citizens  and  deciding 
how  much  to  take  from  them 


is  not  democracy”.  But  even 
he  does  not  defend  the  ethics 
of  a system  that  leaves  the 
availability  of  essential  ser- 
vices to  the  vagaries  of  the 
market  "To  demand  justice 
from  such  a process  is  self- 
evidently  absurd.”  But  at 
least  Hayek  accepts  by  impli- 
cation the  point  which  John 
Major  does  not  dare  to  con- 
cede. It  is  impossible  ratio- 
nally to  discuss  the  level  of 
taxes  without  also  consider- 
ing the  quality  of  the  public 
services  which  they  finance. 

All  that  the  Prime  Minister 
hoped  to  achieve  with  his 
pathetically  inadequate  rhe- 
torical question  was  a flimsy 
justification  for  the  tax  cuts 
which  the  government  will 
make  in  November  without 
the  slightest  regard  for  the 
economic  or  social  conse- 
quences of  their  decision.  He 
would  like  the  nation  to  be- 
lieve that  tax  cuts  — right  in 
themselves  — are  unrelated 
to  government  spending  on 
essential  services. 

He  hoped  to  plant  a corrupt 
little  idea  in  simple  minds. 
And,  to  my  annoyance,  he 
was  more  or  less  allowed  to , 
get  away  with  it  The  official 
rebuttal  was  little  more  than 
a debating  point.  He  was  not 
in  a position  to  preach  such  a ! 
sermon  because  ihe  govern-  i 


ment  which  he  now  leads  has 
increased  taxes  22  times  in  17 
years.  Somebody  should  have 
told  him  that  the  text  was 
wrong.  Nobody,  to  use  the  def- 
test political  phrase  of  the  de- 
cade, “taxes  for  taxation 
sake".  The  Prime  Minister's 
enquiries  about  political  mo- 1 
rality  should  have  been  , 
answered  by  a series  of  other 
questions.  ] 

Is  it  moral  to  allow  patients 
to  die  because  the  health  ser- 


He  hoped  to  plant  a 
corrupt  little  idea 
in  simple  minds  — 
and  he  got 
away  with  it 

vice  cannot  provide  the  right 
treatment  at  the  right  time?  Is 
it  moral  to  force  millions  of 
families  to  live  in  poverty  be- 
cause payments  under  our 
present  welfare  system  often 
fail  to  meet  basic  needs?  Is  it 
moral  to  expect  the  mentally 
sick  to  wander  the  streets  be- 
cause so-called  “care  in  the 
community”  saves  money, 
whether  the  community  cares 
or  not?  Is  it  moral  to  condemn 


generations  of  children  to  in- 
ferior education  because  of 
the  arbitrary  limits  imposed 
on  education  spending?  Tax- 
ation — whether  it  was  on  gin 
in  the  19th  century  or  capital 
gains  in  the  20th  — has  a pur- 
pose. As  well  as  regulating 
tiie  economy  and  discourag- 
ing undesirable  activities,  it 
is  the  way  in  which  we 
finance  essential  public 
services. 

Unless  the  Labour  Party  be- 
gins to  argue  the  case  for  pub- 
lic expenditure,  the  general 
election  is  going  to  turn  into  a 
Dutch  auction  which  Tony 
Blair  cannot  win.  Yesterday’s 
headlines  — "Nervous 
Labour  says  £100,000  isn't 
rich  ’ and  “Front  bench  rebels 
tell  Blair  to  raise  taxes  on  top 
earners'*  — confirm  that  the 
argument  will  go  on  right  up 
to  polling  day.  And  continued 
refusal  even  to  contemplate 
increasing  the  top  rate  will 
appear  either  devious  or  ab- 
surd. Without  the  promise  of 
some  increases  in  taxation. 
Labour  is  not  a credible  gov- 
ernment. There  is  a prag- 
matic as  well  as  a principled 
argument  for  not  struggling 
“occupy  the  low  ground  of 
politics. 

When,  a couple  of  weeks 
ago,  I read  that  Labour  now 
aspired  to  reduce  the  stan- 


dard rate  to  10  per  cent  I 
trembled  not  for  the  conse- 
quences of  that  aspiration, 
but  for  its  effect  on  the  politi- 
cal debate. 

I really  did  expect  Kenneth 
Clarke  to  announce  the  Tory 
intention  of  going  down  to 
five  per  cent.  Would,  I won- 
dered. Gordon  Brown  fed  a 
duty  to  offer  a zero  rate  ana 
would  it  be  followed  by  the 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer 
insisting  that  a decent  tax 
system  pays  out  rather  than 
takes  in.  No  wonder  that  the 
general  public  has  a low 
opinion  of  politicians.  The 
idea  that  their  votes  are  for 
sale  shows  how  low  an  opin- 
ion politicians  have  of  them. 
At  least  the  general  public 
deserve  better.  ’ 

I am 'not  one  of  those  people 
who  excoriate' John  Major  for 
talking  about  morality-  Tb® 
balance  between  taxation 
and  public  spending  is  a 
moral  issue.  The  rich  have  a 
duty  to  help  the  poor.  'Hie 
Prime  Minister  stood  that 
simple  ethical  truth  on  te 
head.  My  real  complaint  Is 
not  against  him,  for  Ife know8 
no  better.  It  is  against  more 
enlightened  politicians  who 
should  have  realised  that 
they  have  nothing  to  .‘B*1® 
from  trying  to  make-fiscal 
vice  look  like  political  virtue- 


The  Guardian  Monday  September  23  1996 


COMMENT  AND  ANALYSIS  9 


Managua 

Diary 


Jonathan  Steele 


NICARAGUA'S  capital 

has  a dubious  claim  to 
fame.  It's  the  only 
world  city  with  no  street 
names.  “Prom  the  Texaco 
station,  two  blocks  towards 
the  lake,  one  block  west"  is 
the  style  for  addresses. 

Managua  now  has  & brand- 
new  attraction,  "to  the  Inter 
(shortly  the  Intercontinen- 
tal Bertel),  one  block  south'*. 
There  you  find the  entrance 

to  the  ruined  hillside 
complex  which  was  once  the 

headquarters  of  Central 
America’s  most  notorious 
dictator.  Anastasio  Somoza. 

Almost  two  decades  have 
passed  since  Somoza  was 
ousted,  hot  the  Sandinista 
revolutionaries  who  over- 
threw him  never  opened  the 
place.  Only  now.  in  the  clos- 
ing months  of  the  next  gov- 
ernments has  it  been  dedi- 
cated  as  a “national  park". 
The  grandiose  title  is  decep- 
tive, as  the  entrance  is  still 
blocked  by  a military  road- 
block and  you  need  a 
VEP  to  persuade  the  soldiers 
to  let  you  through. 

Inside,  the  road  winds  op 
to  a small  plateau  above  a 
green  volcanic  lake  where 
three  plaques  commemorate 
members  of  the  Nicaraguan 
Conservative  Party,  includ- 
ing the  current  President 
Violetta  Chamorro's  hus- 
band, who  were  tortured 
here.  The  grass  is  unmown, 
lovers’  graffiti  disfigure  the 
collapsed  walls  ofSomoza’s 
palace,  and  the  whole  thing 
would  be  tacky , were  it  not 
fra- the  stunning  view  and  a 
6Woot-taH  statue  of  the  icon 
of  the  1979  revolution.  Gen- 
eral Sandino,  which  was  put 
op  by  the  last  defence  minis- 
ter. With  its  riding  breeches 
and  hroadbrimmed  hat,  the 
giant  silhouette  broods 
over  the  city. 

My  first  escort  to  the  hill- 
side was  Domingo  Sanchez, 
an  elderly  Communist  MP, 
who  recalled  being  blind- 
folded on  his  several  deten- 
tions here.  Somoza’s  tame 
fioos  roared  nearby  to 
frighten  the  hooded  prison- 
ers, though  they  were  never 
let  loose.  Sadly,  we  could  not 
locate  the  entrance  to  the  tor- 
ture chambers,  and  it  was 
only  the  next  day,  this  time 
with  Marta  Cramhaw,  the 
one-time  Sandinista  gover- 
nor ofLeon,  that  we  found 
someone  to  open  a guarded 
inner  compound. 

Grim  Is  a mild  word  for 
what  the  steps  down  to  a nar- 
row corridor  revealed.  Bats 
swooped  out  as  we  walked 
into  the  first  of  three  small 
holding  cells  where  Marta 
pointed  by  torchlight  to  the 
shackles  where  she  was 
hand-  and  leg-cuffed  as  a 19- 
year-old  student  leader. 
Naked  except  for  their  hoods, 
prisoners  were  held  in  tor- 
tore  chambers  which  had 
air-conditioners,  used  mainly 
to  drown  out  their  screams. 

The  “yuck"  factor  was  the 
wastebesin  with  the  mirror 
above.  Caked  with  sweat  and 
blood,  victims  were  allowed 
to  lift  their  hoods  when  the 
tor  toms  left  the  cell,  and 
have  a pleasant  wash. 

There's  nothing  like  the  inti- 
macy of  the  bathroom  to 
reveal  a person’s  morale,  lit- 
tle did  the  victim  know  the 
mirror  was  two-way  glass.  In- 
terrogator and  torturers 
watched  to  see  whether  the 
prisoners  looked  relieved, 
confident,  or  broken  as  they 
splashed  about.  If,  as  in 
Marta’s  case,  the  victim  was  a 
young  woman.  Peeping  Tom- 
mery  added  to  the  obscenity. 

FROM  the  slime  to  the 
meticulous:  you  can 
drive  10  miles  out  of 
town  to  another  Somoza-style 
venue,  the  Ticomo  Golf  and 
Polo  Club.  Due  to  open  in  a 
few  months’  time,  the  chib 
will  be  Nicaragua’s  only  golf 
course.  Alvaro  Sacasa,  a dis- 
tant relative  of  the  assassi- 
nated dictator,  fussily 
watches  as  tractors  seed  Ber- 
muda grass  into  rich  soil. 

He  cut  his  golfing  teeth  as  a 
small  boy  at  an  earlier 
country  dub  which,  he  ful- 
minates, the  Santonistas 
turned  into  a training 
ground  for  tank-drivers. 
Bunkers  and  greens  were 
churned  op  with  equal  aban- 
don. “I  could  have  been  a 
Latin  Nick  Faldo  if  I had  had 
proper  coaching,"  says  Sa- 
casa modestly.  “Also  I've 
never  been  a slave  of  golf, 
though  I am  very  gifted.  I’ve 
won  82  amateur  tourna- 
ments around  the  world." 

When  the  course  is  ready 
and  the  swimming-pool  built, 
he  hopes  the  club  will  be  a 
home-firom-home  for  foreign 
investors  in  Nicaragua,  par- 
ticularly “oriental  gentle- 
men" who  understand  that 
golf  equals  civilisation. 

As  the  Sandinista  revolu- 
tion fades  into  history,  it’s 
clearly  better  to  look  for- 
ward than  back. 


How  the  West  Country 
could  be  won 


Commentary 


Paul 

Whiteley 


SINCE  1983.  when  the 
Alliance  came  within 
an  ace  of  pushing 
Labour  Into  second 
place,  the  Liberal  Democrats 
have  seen  their  general  elec- 
tion vote  continuously  de- 
cline. An  average  of  only  15 
per  cent  of  the  electorate  has 
supported  the  Liberal  Demo- 
crats in  the  monthly  Gallup 
polls  since  the  1992  general 
election.  At  times,  this  has 
fallen  to  only  10  per  cent, 
which  is  a very  long  way  from 
the  26  per  cent  the  Alliance 
party  received  in  1983. 

In  one  theory  of  electoral 
choice,  the  party  which  cap- 
tures the  “median"  voter  — 
the  person  at  the  very  centre 
of  the  "left-right'’  ideological 
spectrum  — wins  every  elec- 
tion in  a two-party  system.  In 
Britain  this  should  be  a Lib- 
eral Democrats,  but  unfortu- 
nately for  them  this  is  not 
true  in  a three-party  system, 
where  the  centre  party  al- 
ways loses  because  it  is 
squeezed  out  by  the  others. 

The  Liberal  Democrats  lose 
out  on  all  the  key  variables 


which  determine  voting  be- 
haviour. The  first  is  party 
identification,  or  the  psycho- 
logical attachments  which 
voters  feel  towards  their  pre- 
ferred party.  Since  the  1992 
election  an  average  of  27  per 
cent  of  the  electorate  have 
identified  with  the  Conserva- 
tives. 39  per  cent  with 
Labour,  but  only  12  per  cent 
with  the  Liberal  Democrats. 
Moreover,  strong  Liberal 
Democrat  identifiers,  a bed- 
rock vote  which  stays  with 
the  party  through  thick  and 
thin,  are  a minute  proportion 
of  the  electorate. 

The  second  determinant  of 
voting  behaviour  is  percep- 
tions of  the  party  leaders.  Ac- 
tually Paddy  Ashdown  has  a 
good  approval  rating;  for  ex- 
ample, In  the  Gallup  9,000  sur- 
vey in  July  of  this  year,  some 
57  per  cent  of  voters  thought 
that  he  was  a good  leader  of 
the  Liberal  Democrats. 

The  problem  is  that  this 
does  not  translate  into  sup- 
port for  him  as  a potential 
prime  minister.  When  asked 
to  compare  all  three  party 
leaders  on  the  question  of 
who  would  make  the  best 
prime  minister,  37  per  cent 
chose  Tony  Blair,  19  per  cent 
John  Major,  and  only  18  per 
cent  Paddy  Ashdown  (29  per 
cent  didn't  know).  This  may 
well  be  because  the  voters 
reason  that  since  he  Is  never 
likely  to  become  prime  minis- 
ter, he  would  not  make  a very 
good  job  of  it  anyway. 

The  third  key  factor  is  issue 


perceptions.  The  ‘feelgood*’ 
factor,  or  the  electorate's  per- 
ceptions of  the  future  state  of 
their  economic  well-being,  is 
particularly  important  We 
know  that  a decline  in  the 
feelgood  factor  hurts  tbe 
Tories  and  helps  Labour,  just 
as  an  Improvement  has  the 
opposite  effect  But  changes 
in  the  feelgood  factor  appear 
to  have  no  effect  at  all  on  the 
standing  of  the  Liberal  Demo- 
crats. This  is  clearly  because 
voters  who  are  pessimistic 
about  their  economic  future 
turn  to  Labour  as  the  alterna- 
tive government  not  to  the 
Liberal  Democrats. 

Liberal  Democratic  voters 
also  tend  to  be  all  over  the 
place  in  terms  of  their  issue 
preferences.  According  to  the 
British  Election  Study  some 
19  per  cent  of  Liberal  Demo- 
crat voters  in  1992  thought 
Britain  should  withdraw 
from  the  European  Commu- 
nity. 22  per  cent  wanted  more 
nationalisation,  and  no  less 
than  28  per  cent  thought  that 
we  should  keep  the  first-past- 
the-post  electoral  system 
rather  than  Introduce  PR. 
Furthermore,  a recent  ICM 
poll  suggests  that  most  voters 
oppose  the  Lib  Dem  plan  to 
increase  income  tax  to  pay  for 
education. 

So  what  should  the  Liberal 
Democrats  do,  if  they  are  to 
avoid  further  electoral  de- 
cline, particularly  in  the  face 
of  New  Labour?  Tbe  solution 
Is  to  play  to  their  advantages, 
two  of  which  stand  out.One  is 


that  they  are  perceived  by  the 
electorate  as  being  moderate, 
united,  willing  to  work  for  the 
whole  country,  and  to  be  a 
caring  party'.  They  should 
take  a leaf  out  of  Tony  Blair's 
book  and  talk  in  terms  of 
building  social  consensus  and 
bringing  back  honesty  and  de- 
cency to  British  politics, 
while  avoiding  detailed  policy 
commitments,  especially 
when  these  involve  tax  in- 
creases,- The  second  is  that 
they  should  make  full  use  of 
their  activists,  particularly  in 
the  South  West  where  they 
are  strong.  Their  current  suc- 
cess in  local  government  has 
been  based  on  painstaking 
local  campaigning,  something 
which  used  to  be  called  "com- 
munity politics”. 

Of  course,  it  might  be  said 
that  their  past  success  in 
local  politics  has  never  really 
translated  into  success  in 
Westminster  elections.  But 
there  are  reasons  to  believe 
that  this  situation  is 

changing. 

Firstly,  regional  variations 
in  voting  behaviour  are  now 
much  greater  than  a genera- 
tion ago-  The  Liberal  Demo- 
crats are  the  dominant  party 
in  local  government  and  the 
second  party  in  national  gov- 
ernment In  the  South  West. 
Starting  from  a base  of  six 
MPs  and  many  councillors, 
there  are  four  or  five  Conser- 
vative seats  they  could  win  in 
that  region. 

IN  THE  region,  they  easily 
outnumber  the  other  two 
parties  in  terms  of  the 
number  of  grassroots  cam- 
paigners on  the  ground,  since 
the  Conservative  grassroots 
is  in  a parlous  state,  and 
Labour  is  weak  and  will  con- 
centrate on  campaigning  else- 
where. Our  research  shows 
that  intensive  local  cam- 
paigns, particularly  when 
they  are  not  matched  by 
rivals,  can  pay  real  electoral 
dividends. 

There  is  some  research  by 
the  American  political  scien- 


tist Sam  Popkin.  which  sug- 
gests that  political  informa- 
tion is  absorbed  by  a two-step 
process:  firstly,  voters  read 
newspaper  stories  or  watch 
TV  programmes  about  poli- 
tics. and  then  they  use  trusted 
local  and  national  commenta- 
tors to  confirm  the  validity  of 
this  information. 

John  Major’s  speech  on  mo- 
rality. for  example,  will  disap- 
pear without  trace,  since 
there  are  very  few  people  who 
will  endorse  his  message  in 
the  context  of  the  widespread 
perception  of  Tory  “sleaze". 
Local  campaigning  can  help 
this  two-step  process  along  by 
reinforcing  the  national  mes- 
sage. provided  of  course  the 
canvassers  know  what  they 
are  doing. 

If  Liberal  Democratic  cam- 
paigners are  working  contin- 
uously on  the  doorsteps  to 
reinforce  the  party’s  national 
message  by  face-to-face  con- 
tact with  the  voters  In  the 
target  consistencies,  that 
should  win  key  seats,  partic- 
ularly in  the  South  West.  In 
addition,  most  voters  effec- 
tively disregard  politics  until 
the  election  looms  up,  at 
which  point  they  begin  to 
focus  on  it.  Thus  campaign- 
ing needs  to  catch  the  voters 
during  this  process  of  atten- 
tion- seeking,  much  of  which 
has  already  taken  place  by 
the  time  the  election  is 
called. 

So  the  Liberal  Democratic 
strategy  should  be  to  talk 
about  honesty  in  politics,  con- 
sensus. caring,  and  empower- 
ing communities,  while  avoid- 
ing specific  policy  com- 
mitments. At  the  same  time 
they  should  start  intensive 
local  campaigning  immedi- 
ately after  the  party  confer- 
ence ends  in  areas  where  they 
can  win,  and  relentlessly  keep 
it  up  until  the  election.  One 
last,  but  important,  point  is 
that  they  should  not  announce 
that  this  is  the  strategy. 


Paul  Whrteley  fs  Professor  of 
Politics  al  the  University  of  Sheffield 


Nicholas  Fraser  calls  for  a 
properly-funded  Government  policy  to 
aid  film-makers  — and  an  end  to  the 
present  flawed  dependence  on  the 
National  Lottery  and  the  Arts  Council 


■HE  British  fihn  in- 
dustry, with  its  air 
of  helpless,  de- 
pressed muddle 
grinding  down 
tble  talent,  has  tradi- 
been  tbe  despair  of 
mental  counterparts, 
ten  recognise  your 
Jeers  more  readily 
m do,”  the  former 
cultural  minister 
ig  silkily  remarked  to 
?nce  in  London.  “You 
tod  films,  but  I think 
a greater  regard  for 
ure.”  Lang  was  trum- 
the  virtues  of  the 
subsidy  system, 
allows  cineastes  to 
juiarly.  building  up  a 
tensive  oeuvre  that 
a be  trotted  out  for 
rs  as  evidence  of  tbe 
e of  French  culture. 

>r  the  high-minded 
pray,  nor  tbe  success- 
sh  method  of  tax 
exists  in  Britain, 
ndigent  film-makers 
ollywood  for  money, 
heir  knees  in  the  vi- 
t TV  bosses,  or  turn 
i die.  But  help  is  at 
hand,  from  the  un- 
larter  of  gambling  ad- 
i the  past  year.  32 
have  received  sup- 
alling  just  over  £1B 
from  the  National 
king  Virginia  Bot- 


patroness  of  moving  pictures 
than  channel  4 or  the  BBC. 

The  dosh  is  handed  out  via 
specialist  committees  of  the 
venerable  Arts  Council. 
Three  additional  committees, 
from  the  British  Film  Insti- 
tute. the  British  Screen  Advi- 
sory Council  and  the  Indepen- 
dent Film  Panel,  are  there  to 
give  advice.  Some  form  of 
existing  investment  is 
required;  no  grant  can  total 
more  than  £1  million,  or  50 
per  cent  of  the  budget;  and 
tbe  paperwork  is  awesome. 
What  happens  in  the  event  of 
conflicts  of  interest?  "Well,  in 
that  instance,  we  leave  the 
room,"  a participant  ex- 
plains. “It's  all  done  terrihly 
correctly.” 

How  original  are  the  Arts 
Council's  choices?  Among  the 
first  “Lottery  films'’  — the 
tag  is  already  used  in  dispar- 
agement — are  to  be  found 
Thomas  Hardy's  Woodland- 
ers,  a life  of  Oscar  Wilde,  the 
1987  Oxford  and  Cambridge 
Boat  race,  Julian  Barnes's 
Metroland  — projects  with  a 

distinctly  ddjd  vu  feel. 

And  yet  there  are  limits  to 
the  Arts  Council’s  interest  in 
faking  risks,  as  became  ap- 
parent in  its  recent  rejection 
of  Love  Is  A Devil.  John  May- 
bury's  project  for  the  British 
Film  Institute  about  the  life  of 
Francis  Bacon.  Maybury’s 
froflfmpnt  focused  on  the  cir- 


cumstances surrounding  the 
suicide  of  Bacon's  lover 
George  Dyer,  the  night  before 
the  1971  Paris  exhibition  fea- 
turing the  famous  canvases  of 
Dyer  seated  on  the  toilet.  Al- 
though the  committee  was 
happy  to  go  ahead,  Arts  Coun- 
cil Chairman  Lord  Gowrie,  a 
friend  of  Bacon’s,  thought  it 
was  “too  early”  to  rake  over 
the  painter’s  sado-masoebist 
sexual  practices.  The  experts 
were  overruled  in  the  interest 
of  bourgeois  taste. 

Can  quangos  composed  of 
arts  administrators  and 
“safe”  experts  culled  from  the 
industry  really  be  relied  on  to 
make  the  right  creative  deci- 
sions? Do  they  know  new  tal- 
ent when  they  see  it?  I doubt 
whether  Shallow  Grave  or 
Trainspotting  would  have 
survived  quangoisation;  their 
producers  would  have  seemed 
too  young,  or  too  maverick. 


LTHOUGH  Brit- 
ish film-making  is 
by  its  own  stan- 
dards experienc- 

king  a small  boom 

present,  producers  cum- 
in that  they  are  starved  of 
lfai.  and  therefore  forced 
live  hand-to-mouth-  They 
ild  like  to  see  a more  sub- 
ltial  system  of  support 
in  periodic  Lottery 
idouts. 

wo  reports  have  been  com- 
isioned  and,  aside  from  a 
icy  of  sensible  tax  breaks, 

y recommend  the  creation 
‘integrated"  British  com- 
ies  like  small  Hollywood 
iios,  capable  of  distribut- 
filiTift  as  well  as  making 
m.  One  report  recom- 
ids  the  creation  of  a single 
Jio,  The  other,  which  was 
imissioned  by  the  Arts 


Council  itself,  suggests  that 
more  than  half  a dozen  “fran- 
chises” should  be  created 
over  a period  of  five  years. 
Both  basically  propose  to  use 
windfall  Lottery  money  in 
order  to  transform  British 
film,  venturing  where  the 
City  hasn't  dared  to  go. 

Hungry  applicants  — many 
of  them  drawn  from  the  ranks 
of  the  people  currently  advis- 
ing the  Arts  Council  — are 
queueing  up.  “There's 
scarcely  a producer  in  Lon- 
don who  isn’t  expecting  to 
form  or  join  a consortium,”  is 
how  Variety  breathlessly  de- 
scribed the  prospective  gravy 
train.  Successful  applicants 
will  need  to  be  “established” 
as  companies,  able  to  pitch 
well,  and  be  skilled  in  draw- 
ing up  business  plans,  or  hir- 
ing other  people  to  do  them. 

Critics  of  the  schemes  say 
that  they  will  exclude  out- 
siders, leading  to  the  usual 
British- style  carve-up.  "This 
is  the  work  of  tbe  usual  sus- 
pects,” said  one  producer. 
“They're  an  incestuous  cartel 
— and  they’ve  been  bankrupt- 
ing the  industry  for  the  past 
10  years,  in  tbe  name  of  higb- 
mindedness  and  art.  They’re 
really  asking  for  a handout.” 

Aside  from  who  gets  what 
and  when,  however,  the  strat- 
egy poses  other,  deeper  prob- 
lems. Lotteryisation  has  be- 
come the  perfect  symbol  of 
tbe  empty  cultural  policies  of 
the  1990s.  And  these  schemes 
have  a stale,  faintly  desperate 
air.  It  is  as  if  their  propo- 
nents. having  laboured  long 
and  hard,  felt  good  at  having 
come  to  any  conclusion  allow- 
ing them  to  get  their  hands  on 
the  cash. 

Film  finance  involves  risk 
capital  Lottery  money  comes. 


however  indirectly,  from  the 
public  — all  the  innocuous- 
sounding  talk  about  “fran- 
chises” cannot  disguise  this 
fact.  Many  of  these  “mini- 
studios" will  go  bust,  either 
through  sheer  bad  luck  or  by 
misjudging  the  market, 
churning  out  the  sort  of  mid- 
Atlantic,  middlebrow  mate- 
rial that  put  Goldcrest  into 
the  receivers’  hands.  Nor  will 
these  schemes  encourage  the 
odd,  distinctly  British  combi- 
nation of  wilful  eccentricity 
and  inspired  opportunism 
which  the  best  film-makers 
have  carried  with  them  in 
their  wilderness  years  — and 
which,  to  judge  hy  the  recent 
string  of  box-office  successes, 
is  finally  paying  off. 

Every  producer  I talked  to 
agreed  that  this  use  c£  Lottery 
money  was  dubious,  or  at 
best  inappropriate,  when 
they  weren’t  adamantly  op- 
posed to  It  as  a matter  of 
principle;  but  they  also  de- 
scribed the  prospect  of  finally 
receiving  assistance  as  an  ir- 
resistible one.  “Call  me  old 
and  terminally  pragmatic.” 
sighed  one  Great  British  Pro- 
ducer. “I  feel  like  Alan  Ben- 
nett when  he  was  asked 
whether  he  was  gay  or 
straight  If  you're  crossing 
the  desert  and  somebody 
offers  you  water,  you’re  not 
going  to  ask  whether  it's  Mal- 
vern or  Perrier." 

This  isn’t  good  enough.  In- 
stead of  Lotteryisation.  can 
we  one  day  have  a real  Gov- 
ernment policy  for  film?  Do 
we  have  to  wait  for  these 
schemes  to  fail  before  the 
question  is  addressed  again? 


Nicholas  Fraser  is  the  editor  of 
Fine  Cut  on  BBC2.  This  is  a 
personal  view 


A special  jury 
fit  for  the 
‘squeaky  clean’ 


£ £ LAME  the  jury" 
■ ■ was  the  instinc- 
wmJ  tive  reaction  in 
the  Serious  Fraud  Office  and 
the  Home  Office  to  the  acquit- 
tals of  Kevin  Maxwell  The 
problem  with  juries,  con- 
cluded the  solicitors,  accoun- 
tants and  bankers  who  run  the 
SFO,  is  they  can’t  call  on  the 
expertise  of  solicitors,  accoun- 
tants and  bankers.  “There 
are."  reported  the  Guardian, 
“suggestions  from  inside  the 
SFO  that  courts  should  be 
given  back  the  power  they  lost 
26  years  ago  to  swear  in 
‘special  juries’  composed  of 
bank  managers,  accountants 
and  other  financially  experi- 
enced people."  Always  keen  to 
help-  I plunge  into  The  Final 
Verdict.  Tom  Bower's  compre- 
hensive book  on  die  Maxwell 
trial  to  conjure  up  the  perfect 
special  jury. 

For  accountants,  the  obvi- 
ous choices  are  Peter  Walsh 
and  Stephen  Wootten  from 
Coopers  & Ly  brand,  who  au- 
dited the  accounts  of  Max- 
well's companies  right  up  to 
the  end  and  stuck  closely  and 
expertly  to  the  iron  law  of 
auditors;  that  they  must  be- 
lieve what  they  are  told  by  the 
directors  of  their  client  com- 
pany. As  for  solicitors,  who 
could  serve  a jury  more  ex- 
pertly than  Dick  Russell  of  the 
big  City  firm  Titmuss  Sainer. 
who  hardly  led  the  side  of 
Kevin  Maxwell  as  his  compa- 
nies and  pension  funds  headed 
for  the  rocks?  Russell's  extra 
qualification  is  that  he  is 
Kevin  Maxwell’s  brother-in- 
law.  Another  exceedingly 
well-qualified  solicitor,  who 
acted  for  tbe  Princess  of  Wales 
in  her  divorce,  is  Anthony  Ju- 
lius of  Mishcon  de  Reya.  He 
advised  the  Maxwell  family  in 
their  extraordinary  feud  with 
Tom  Bower.  What  about  bank- 
ers? From  a vast  and  glittering 
array,  I pick  three:  John  Mel- 
bourn,  chief  executive  of  cor- 
porate risk  at  toe  National 
Westminster,  whose  generous 
support  for  toe  Maxwells  was 
legendary;  Julie  Maitland  of 
Credit  Suisse,  who  so  proudly 
agreed  to  be  part  of  the  inner 
circle  of  bankers  advising 
Kevin  Maxwell;  and  Eric 
Sbeinberg  of  Goldman  Sachs, 
the  Maxwells'  faithful  broker. 
As  for  stockbrokers,  no  juror 
would  have  more  expert 
knowledge  of  the  market  than 
Sir  Michael  Richardson  of 
Smith  New  Court,  who 
worked  closely  with  Robert 
Maxwell  for  years  and  de- 
clared him  “squeaky  clean 
with  me". 

The  perfect  jury  would  need 
a financier  who  understands 
the  world  of  politics.  Step  for- 


ward former  Tory’  Cabinet 
minister  Lord  Walker,  for- 
merly of  Slater  Walker,  whose 
short  and  lucrative  sojourn  on 
the  Maxwell  board  sent  such 
reassuring  messages  to  the 
markets  and  the  Government. 
For  political  balance  to 
Walker,  what  about  Labour’s 
Lord  Donoughue.  a big  wheel 
in  the  Maxwell  company 
which  traded  in  the  pension 
funds.  London  and  Bishops- 
gate  Investments?, 

My  special  jury  would  not 
be  complete  without  two  stal- 
warts from  Mirror  Group 
Newspapers  — the  current 
chairman,  distinguished  mer- 
chant banker  Sir  Robert 
Clark,  whose  association  with 
Robert  Maxwell  goes  back 
long  before  Maxwell  was  de- 
clared unfit  to  run  a public 
company  in  1971;  and  the  Mir- 
ror’s managing  director,  for- 
mer Times  editor  Charles  Wil- 
son, who  was  down  on  his 
luck  when  Maxwell  hired  him 
to  run  the  Sporting  Life,  and 
has  never  looked  back 
What  a jury!  Financial- 
crime  cases  heard  by  juries 
such  as  this  would  soon  win 
back  public  confidence  in  the 
courts,  and  reinforce  the  pre- 
vailing view  that,  in  the  rare 
cases  where  rich  people  find 
themselves  in  the  dock,  justice 
is  far  too  risk)’  a business  to 
be  left  to  the  common  people. 

THANKS  to  all  the  former 
public  schoolboys  who 
have  responded  so 
warmly  to  my  nostalgic  reflec- 
tions about  my  former  house- 
master. Tony  “Whacker”  Che- 
venix-TVench.  I was  surprised 
to  discover  from  your  letters 
how  precisely  Trench  followed 
the  same  buttocks-smaridng 
routine  — and  how  quickly 
and  relentlessly  he  got  to 
work.  One  remarkable  letter 
records:  "I  arrived  at  Brad- 
field  [where  Trench  was  head- 
master] in  September  1956. 
Within  about  three  weeks,  a 
few  days  before  my  14th  birth- 
day. I was  summoned  in  the 
evening  to  Trench's  study.  His 
mood  was  confidential  and  in- 
timate... With  pats  on  the 
thigh  I was  made  to  accept 
guilt  for  an  unfortunate 
remark  I had  made  about  an- 
other boy  during  a gym  les- 
son. I had  to  lower  my  clothes 
and  lie  face  down  on  a sofa.  He 
beat  me  very  hard  with  six 
blows  from  a leather  strap.  I 
was  badly  hurt  and  the  pain 
was  not  just  physical.  I don’t 
think  I told  anyone  about  it  at 
the  time ...  It  was  only  later, 
as  an  adult,  husband  and 
father  that  I came  to  under- 
stand that  this  behaviour  was 
far  more  pernicious  than  mus- 
cular punishment  in  the  pub- 
lic-school tradition.  It  was  cal- 
culated misuse  of  authority, 
abuse  of  trust  and  humiliation 
of  the  child." 

Was  all  this  worth  it  for  the 
glories  of  a public  school  edu- 
cation? My  correspondent 
doesn’t  think  so.  "Our  two 
sons  went  to  the  local  compre- 
hensive,” he  writes.  “Both  did 
far  better  than  I did  at  Brad- 
field.  and  I think  are  likely  to 
be  better  and  more  effective 
people." 


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Annabella 


Belle  of 

three 

nations 

THJS  FILM  actress  I in  the  1980s  was  the  exti 
Annabella,  who  has  her  part  at  last  revealec 
died  aged  87.  had  nabella.  long  since  re 
the  distinction  of  made  several  persona 
achieving  stardom  pearances  to  celebrate 


THE  FILM  actress 
Annabella,  who  has 
died  aged  87.  had 
the  distinction  of 
achieving  stardom 
in  France,  America  and  this 
country.  In  Britain  she  will 
always  have  a place  in  the 
reference  books  as  the  hero- 
ine of  Wings  of  the  Morning. 
(1937).  which  was  the  first 
Technicolor  film  made  by  a 
British  studio, 

Annabella  appeared 
dressed  as  a boy  for  most  of 
the  film,  and  achieved  a pow- 
erful rapport  with  her  co- 
star.  Henry  Fonda.  Wings  of 
the  Morning  also  featured 
one  of  the  few  screen  appear- 
ances by  the  great  Irish  tenor 
John  McCormack,  whose 
voice  was  heard  singing  the 
title  song  as  the  camera 
swept  across  Irish 
landscapes. 

Annabella  got  her  screen 
name  — she  was  bom  Su- 
zanne Georgette  Cbarpentier 
— when,  as  a 16-year-old  dan- 
cer, she  worked  with  Abel 
Gance  on  his  silent  epic.  Na- 
poleon. She  played  a young 
girl  who  admires  the  Little 
Corporal  from  afar.  Such  was 
the  extraordinary'  length  of 
the  film  as  shot  that  on  its 
original  release  in  severely 
truncated  form,  nearly  all 
Annabella’s  scenes  bad 
ended  on  the  cutting-room 
floor.  Only  when  it  was 
restored  to  its  full  six  hours 


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The  Guardian  Monday  September  23:i9gfi 

William  Moyce 

Bomb  scientist 
with  cloth  cap 
and  baccy  tin 


in  the  1980s  was  the  extent  or 
her  part  at  last  revealed.  An- 
nabella.  long  since  retired, 
made  several  personal  ap- 
pearances to  celebrate  the 
film's  resurrection. 

Despite  the  disappointment 
of  her  shortened  debut  An- 
nabella became  a star  of 
French  cinema  of  the  1930s. 
She  appeared  in  three  clas- 
sics: Rene  Clair’s  Le  Million 
(1931):  Quatorze  Juillet.  also 
by  Clair,  made  in  the 
following  year:  and  in  1938, 
Marcel  Game's  Hotel  dv 
Nord. 

In  Le  Million  she  played 
the  heroine  Beatrice,  whose 
boyfriend  loses  the  winning 
lottery  ticket  in  Juillet.  she 
was  the  perfect  Parisienne. 
Annabelia’s  fragile  beauty 
was  ideally  used  by  Came  in 
Hotel  du  Nnrd.  in  which  she 
and  Jean  Pierre  Aumont  are 
shown  arriving  at  the  shabby 
urban  hotel  with  a desperate 
idea  of  a suicide  pact.  The 
great  actress  Arlettv.  who  co- 
starred  in  the  film,  wrote  in 
1977:  “I  saw  it  again,  nothing 
is  outdated,  not  a phase,  not  a 
word.  It's  perfection  like  a 
piece  of  music,  nothing  to  cut 
or  replace.” 

Among  Annabella’s  other 
1930s  work  in  France  were 
Robert  Siodmak's  Autour 
dun  lnquiete.  Anatoie  Lit- 
rak’s  L'Equipage.  Julien  Du- 
vivier’s  La  Bandera,  and 
Paul  Fejos's  Marie.  Legende 


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International  beauty . . . Annabella  with  Henry  Fonda  in  Wings  of  the  Morning.  1S37 


Hong  raise,  which  was  shot  on 
(oration  in  Budapest.  In  1934. 
she  won  the  best  actress 
award  at  the  Venice  Film 
Festival  for  Vielle  a ‘Arnes. 
.Annabella  said  that  she  had 
become  fascinated  by  the 
business  of  film  when  she 
was  13  years  old.  and  had 
improvised  a “film  studio"  in 
her  parents'  chicken  shed. 

Annabella  married  fellow 
actor  Jean  Murat  In  1932.  but 
they  divorced  four  years 
later.  By  then  she  had  made 
her  first  Hollywod  film. 
Under  the  Red  Robe.  It  was 
followed  by  Suez  (1938).  a his- 


torical romance  about  the 
building  of  the  canal,  in 
which  she  co-starred  with  Ty- 
rone Power  who  played  the 
engineer  Ferdinand  de  Les- 
seps.  They  fell  in  love  and 
were  married  in  1939.  Anna- 
bella’s  Hollywood  career  did 
not  continue  with  any- 
marked  success.  She  claimed 
that  Darryl  FZanuck  disap- 
proved of  her  marriage  to 
Power,  and  of  their  appear- 
ance on  Broadway  in  a 
revival  of  the  play  Liliom. 

Annabella  did  make  one 
more  Hollywood  film,  the 
rather  good  13  Rue  Made- 


Julius  Silverman 


Checkmate  in  the  Commons 


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Julius  Silverman . . . gently  civilising  the  USSR 


■ inJUS  Silverman,  who 
I has  died  aged  90.  was  a 
- I member  of  the  Labour 
XhT  Party  for  70  years,  and 
was  Birmingham’s  quiet  left- 
wing  MP.  alternately  for  Erd- 
ington  and  Aston,  for  the  38 
. years  from  1945  to  19R3.  He 
was  also  Parliament’s  best 
chess  player. 

A warm  and  witty  man 
with  a gentle  smile.  Silver- 
man  had  half  the  ego  and 
twice  the  caution  of  fellow 
Labour  MP  Sydney  Silver- 
man.  whose  surname  he 
shared  Always  loyal  to  the 
party,  he  often  stopped  short 
of  joining  leflwing  rebellions 
that  seemed  destined  for  mar- 
tyrdom. He  felt  that  he  had 
burned  his  fingers  by  signing 
the  famous  1948  Nenni  Tele- 
gram from  Britain's  Labour 
leftwingers  to  Italy's  Commu- 
nist-collaborating leflwing 
Socialist  leader.  He  was.  how- 
ever. one  of  62  Labour  MPs 
who  abstained  from  voting 
for  a 1955  Labour  amendment 
approving  the  manufacture 
of  tiie  H-borab. 


He  was  most  widely  ad- 
mired in  his  adopted  home 
city  of  Birmingham,  where 
he  had  settled  as  a young 
barrister  in  1933.  becoming  a 
city  councillor  a year  later. 
Just  before  retiring  as  an  MP 
in  1983  — as  the  “father"  of 
its  MPs  — he  was  made  a 
Freeman  of  the  city.  Birming- 
ham City  Council  called  him 
back  into  service  in  1935.  to 
conduct  an  inquiry  into  the 
Handsworth  riots  and  pub- 
lished his  well-judged  report 
a year  later.  And  the  year 
after  that,  he  was  made  a 
Fellow  of  Birmingham  Poly- 
technic for  his  lifetime  of  po- 
litical service. 

He  was.  in  fact,  bom  in 
Leeds  into  a Russian  Jewish 
family  which  was  passionate 
about  learning.  He  started 
his  education  there  at  Gower 
Street  School  and  matricu- 
lated from  its  Central  High 
School.  And  it  was  there  that 
he  joined  the  Labour  Party. 

Although  he  worked  in 
Leeds  for  his  father  as  a teen- 
aged  warehouseman,  1922-24, 


his  ambition  was  to  become  a 
barrister.  He  qualified  at 
Gray's  Inn  in  1932  and  when 
he  joined  the  Midland  Circuit 
two  years  later,  preoccupied 
himself  with  landlord-tenant 
cases.  He  stopped  practising 
soon  after  becoming  an  MP. 

Although  Silverman  won  a 
city  council  seat  a year  after 
he  settled  in  Birmingham, 
his  parliamentary  ambitions 
were  never  in  doubt.  In  1935 
he  contested  Moseley,  but 
had  to  wait  10  years  for  the 
next  election.  Labour’s  1945 
high-tide  which  carried  him 
into  Parliament  for  the  con- 
stituency of  Erdington. 

Once  there,  he  did  not  at- 
tract much  media  or  parlia- 
mentary attention  as  secre- 
tary of  Labour's  Birmingham 
Group.  Nor  as  a longtime 
supporter,  and  finally  chair- 
man, of  the  India  League,  the 
work  of  many  decades  which  i 
eventually  won  him  India's 
coveted  Padma  Bhushan  , 
award  in  1990.  There  was  no  : 
interest  in  his  role  as  chair- 1 
man  of  the  European  Legisla- 1 


leine.  in  1943.  but  then 
returned  to  Broadway  in  Ja- 
cobovsky  and  the  Colonel.  It 
was  during  a performance  of 
this  play  that  she  had  the 
great  joy  of  announcing  to 
the  audience  that  news  of  the 
Liberation  of  Paris  had  just 
been  heard  over  the  radio. 
The  whole  audience,  a la  Ca- 
sablanca. got  to  its  feet  and 
joined  her  in  singing  La 
Marseillaise. 

The  marriage  to  Power  did 
not  outlast  the  second  world 
war  and  Annabella  returned 
to  France,  where  she  made  a 
couple  more  films:  but  she 


found  that  post-war  French 
cinema  had  no  real  place  for 
her.  She  retired  contentedly 
to  the  Pyrenees  and  to  the 
end  of  her  life  still  signed 
herself  Annabella  Power.  She 
saw  Tyrone  Power  for  the 
last  time  a few  weeks  before 
his  death  in  2959.  and  he  told 
her  that  the  biggest  mistake 
of  his  life  was  letting  her  go. 

Patrick  O'Connor 

Annabella  .Suzanne  Georgette 
Charperttier'.  actress,  bom  July 
14,  T9C9:  died  September  18. 
1596 


tion  Committee.  But.  during 
the  Cold  War  which  over- 
shadowed his  rime  in  Parlia- 
ment, his  interest  in  Anglo- 
Soviet  relations  positively 
obsessed  pressmen.  (And 
they  did  not  seem  to  notice 
the  fact  that,  as  the  best  Com- 
mons chess-player,  he  was 
the  only  one  of  20  MPs  to  beat 
a Soviet  chess-master  in  a 
1954  contest) 

He  was  deeply  involved 
with  the  Anglo-Soviet  Parlia- 
mentary Group,  where  his 
role  was  to  try  to  civilise  the  \ 
Russians  rather  than  emu- 
late their  style.  This  was  il- 
lustrated in  1956,  when  he 
was  chairman  of  the  group  at 
the  time  that  Georg!  Malen- 
kov. a former  Soviet  premier, 
visited  Parliament 
With  his  typical  soft  wit 
Silverman  remarked:  “We  do 
not  approve  of  all  your  politi- 
cal methods  any  more  than 
we  expect  you  to  approve  of 
all  ours.  You  shatter  your 
political  idols.  We  bury  them 
in  the  House  of  Lords.  It  is 
not  for  me  to  say  which  is  the 
more  civilised." 

He  married  Era  Price  in 
1959. 

Andrew  Roth 

Julius  Silverman,  politician, 
born  December  6.  1905;  died 
September  21. 1996 


BILL  MOYCE,  who  has 
died  aged  82,  played  a 
crucial  part  in  the  de- 
veloping and  testing  of  Brit- 
ain's first  atomic  bombs, 
while  retaining  a delightfully 
simple  attitude  to  life  which 
endeared  him  to  his  neigh- 
bours and  colleagues. 

BD1  was  the  son  of  a south- 
east London  printworker;  he 
won  scholarships  to  Addey 
and  Stanhope  Grammar 
School  and  Downing  College, 
Cambridge,  where  he  gradu- 
ated with  a science  degree. 
Science  jobs  were  scarce  in 
the  mid-1930s.  but  he  found 
one  in  bis  own  part  of  the 
world,  at  the  government's 
Woolwich  Arsenal  research 
department,  making  mathe- 
matical assessments  of  shell 
trajectories.  His  mathemati- 
cal skills  were  so  exceptional 
that  he  did  the  calculations 
extremely  tost 
During  the  second  world 
war,  he  worked  on  research 
into  improving  small  arms  at 
the  Royal  Ordinance  factory 
at  Swynnerton  in  the  Potter- 
ies. where  he  met  a Scots  lass, 
Barbara  Manson  Campbell, 
who  was  a shorthand  typist  in 
the  research  department. 
They  married  in  1947. 

Soon  after  the  war.  William 
Penney,  the  new  head  of  Brit- 
ain’s secret  atomic  weapons 
project  visited  Swynnerton. 
(He  had  already  been  working 
on  the  development  of  atomic 
weapons  in  the  US.)  This  was 
the  reason  that  Moyce  was 
transferred  to  the  Armaments 
Research  Department  at  Fort 
Halstead  in  Kent,  where  Pen- 
ney was  building  his  atomic 
team:  Moyce’s  responsibility 
was  the  phenomenology  of 
future  explosions.  It  was  a 
shrewd  move  on  Penney’s 
part  as  Brian  Cathcart  wrote 
in  his  recent  book  on  the  first 
British  atomic  weapon.  Test 
of  Greatness:  "Much  about 
Moyce  was  deceptive.  A tall, 
jug-eared  man.  morose  of  ap- 
pearance and  with  a drawling 
delivery,  he  did  not  wear  his 
intelligence  on  his  sleeve.  But 
he  was  a versatile  and  Inge- 
nious scientist  whose 
apparently  childlike  inquiries 
usually  struck  right  at  the 
heart  of  the  matter  in  hand. 
He  was  also  something  of  a 
wit" 

The  unit  later  moved  to  the 
new  Atomic  Weapons 
Research  Establishment 
(AWRE)  at  Aldermaston  in 
Berkshire  and  Moyce  became 
a central  figure  in  weapon 
design  research.  One  of  his 
duties  was  conducting  and  in- 
terpreting the  complex, 
frightening  experiments  of 
bringing  weapon  components 
slowly  together  while  check- 
ing radiation.  An  inspector 
recalled  asking,  as  two  hemi- 
spheres of  plutonium  were 
carefully  moved  together, 
what  would  happen  if  they 
rolled  off  and  came  together 
on  the  floor.  '*You  need  not 
worry,  Mr  Jones,"  said  Bill. 
"You  would  not  have  to  do 
anything.  Any  necessary 
action  would  be  organised  in 
London.” 

The  first  British  atomic 
weapon  was  tested  at  the 
Monte  Bello  islands  off  the 


Australian  north  coast 
1952.  BIB’S  job  waTaSem! 
bling  the  crucial  part  of  the 
weapon  in  situ.  He  laid  never 
flown  before,  or  used  a para- 
chute. He  flew  out  with  the 
weapon  core  and  was  ' tow 
that,  if  the  plane  was  in  dan 
ger  of  crashing,  be  was  to 
parachute  out — and  take  the 
core  with  him.  The  fUgbt,  f0r 
tunately,  went  jnstfine.asdid 
the  test 

Back  at  Aldermaston 
Moyce  ran  a complex  of  toe’, 
tones  as  file  explosives  div- 
ision’s senior  superintendent 
and  then  for  three  years  be- 
fore his  retirement  in  1973 

headed  the  safety  department 

Since  1952,  he  and  Barbara 

and  son  John  had  lived  on  the 

"atomic  estate"  in  Berkshire. 
He  enjoyed  science  reading,. 


Bill  Moyce . . . down  to 
earth  and  good-humoured 

mathematical  problems  and 
was  renowned  for  his  wonder- 
ful flower  garden,  grown  firm 
seeds  he  collected  each  year. 

Bill  was  humble  and  down- 
to-earth;  he  wore  his  oldclbth 
cap  and  smoked  roll-tips.  He 
was  genuine,  courteous,  a 
good  manager  and  a good 
man-manager  — and  always 
with  a fine  sense  of  humour. 
At  a tea-party  given  after  his 
cremation,  a colleague  de- 
scribed the  unexpected  value 
of  Bill’s  plain-man  habits.  In 
the  late  1950s,  when  British 
weapon  expertise  had  led  to 
the  renewal  of  Anglo-Ameri- 
can nuclear  co-operation, 
eight  Aldermaston  scientists 
flew  to  the  United  States  to 
meet  their  opposite  numbers. 
Both  groups  sat  round  a large 
table,  uneasily  shuffling 
papers  since  no  one  knew 
how  to  begin.  BIB.  fed  up, 
took  out  his  antique  worse- 
for- wear  tobacco  tinand 
began  to  roll  cigarettes. 
Laughter  broke  out  — and  co- 
operation was  established.  - - 

Bill  Moyce  wfil  be. remem- 
bered for  application,  hard 
work,  brflliant  scientific  as- 
sessments, and  his  ability  to 
extract  the  maximum  hu- 
mour from  any  sttuatiokHe 
certainly  deserved  the  QBE 
he  was  awarded  in  1963,  : 

Trevor  Brown  . j 

William  James  Moyce,  wma-  - 
men  is  scientist,  bom  October  12. 
1913:  died  Septembers,  1996  • 


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The  Venerable  David  Scott 


Towering  presence  in  the  east 


IT  HAS  always  been  a glory 
of  the  Church  of  England 
that  it  has  contained 
within  its  number  men  (and 
now  women)  of  a calibre,  and 
with  abilities,  beyond  those  1 
obviously  demanded  by  their  1 
appointments.  Such  was  ; 
David  Scott,  who  has  died 
aged  72.  whose  long  and  dis- 
tinguished ministry  in  the  di- 
ocese of  Lincoln  culminated 
in  14  years  as  Archdeacon  of 
Stow. 

From  adolescence,  Scott 
manifested  an  alert  con-  | 
science  and  a markedly  prin- 
cipled apporach  to  life.  In  the  1 


second  world  war,  he  de- 
clared himself  a conscien- 
tious objector  and  accepted 
the  opprobrium  attaching  to  , 
that  conviction.  At  Trinity 
Hall,  Cambridge,  where  he 
came  under  the  influence  of 
the  then  chaplain.  Launcelot 
Fleming  (who  subsequently. 
as  Bishop  of  Portsmouth,  or- 
dained him)  he  realised  his 
vocation  to  the  priesthood. 
The  roots  of  his  calling  might 
be  traced  further  back  to  his 
time  as  a chorister  of  West- 
minster Abbey.  There  be  dis- 
covered the  beauty  of  ordered 
worship,  the  love  of  which 


remained  with  him  through- 
out his  ministry. 

After  a long  curacy  in 
Portsmouth  (where  his  occa- 
sionally austere  demeanour 
caused  his  more  innocent  ju- 
niors to  dub  him  “the  dry  old 
crust”)  and  a brief  period  as  a 
member  of  Gordon  Philips's 
London  University  chaplain- 
cy team.  Scott  moved  to  the 
Scunthorpe  parish  of  Old 
Brumby  to  begin  his  ministry 
years  in  Lincolnshire.  Paro- 
chial ministry  in  Scunthorpe 
was  tough,  hard  work. 

There  Scott,  together  with 
wife  Christine,  worked  vigor- 


ously and  effectively  and 
earned  affection  and  respect 
not  least  amongst  the  young. 
Boston,  where  be  moved  after 
seven  years,  was  a somewhat 
different  proposition,  with  its 
magnificent  church  sur- 
mounted by  its  tower,  the 
famous  Stump,  much  in  de- 
mand for  special  services  as  it 
was  the  virtual  sub-cathedral 
in  that  part  of  the  country. 
But  whilst  he  gave  detailed 
care  to  the  liturgy  and  to  all 
events,  Scott  remained  pre- 
dominantly a pastor,  making 
contact  with  all  sorts  and  con- 
ditions of  people. 


His  appointment  as  Arch- 
deacon of  Stow  was  a recogni- 
tion that,  as  well  as  being  a 
devoted  and  disciplined  par- 
ish priest  Scott  possessed  a 
clear  and  thorough  mind  and 
cared  for  efficient  and 
effective  administration.  For 
14  years  he  laboured  for  the 
diocese  on  the  practicalities 
of  church  life,  while  being  at 
the  same  time  the  parish 
priest  of  the  village  of  Hack- 
thorn;  and  be  was  always  a 
good  friend  and  support  to  the 
clergy  and  laity  of  his  arcb- 
deaconcy.  He  was  largely  res- 
ponsible for  ensuring  that  in 
a time  of  stringency  and  fall- 
ing numbers  of  clergy,  the 
great  Lincoln  diocese  could 
survive  both  pastoraUy  and 
financially. 

His  contribution  to  the 
church  and  the  quality  of  his 
ministry  was  given  further 


recognition  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed a chaplain  to  the 
Queen. 

Scott  had  an  attractive  per- 
sonality. His  relish  for  life : 
and  its  multifarious  oddities, 
and  his  fund  of  merriment ' 
made  him  the  best  of  com- : 
pany.  He  read  plentifuUy  and 
his  mind  was  always  fresh.  A ( 
notable,  but  necessarily  hid- ! 
den  part  of  his  ministry  was 
contacts  with  criminals  and 
former  prisoners.  He  had  the 
ability  to  win  the  confidence 
of  those  whom  life  had  treated 
harshly. 

Many  of  them  will  be  sad- 
dened at  his  passing,  together 
with  his  devoted  wife,  family 
and  friends. 

Richard  Eyre 

David  Scott,  priest  born  June 
19. 1924;  died  August  31. 1996 


Birthdays 


Toby  Balding,  racehorse 
trainer.  60;  Ray  Charles, 
singer  and  pianist,  66;  Baron- 
ess David,  former  Labour 
Whip,  83;  Lord  Feldman, 
chairman  of  the  Shopping 
Hours  Reform  Council,  70; 
Frank  Foster,  saxophonist 
and  director  of  the  Count  Ba- 1 
sie  orchestra,  68:  James 
Guinness,  former  deputy 
chairman  of  Guinness  Peat, 
72:  Julio  Iglesias,  singer  and 
musician,  S3;  Pamela  Kirby, 
pharmacist.  43;  Richard 
Lambert,  editor  of  the  Finan- 
cial Times,  52;  Sir  Gordon 
Linacre,  chairman.  Opera 
North  and  president  of  York- 
shire Post  Newspapers,  76;  Dr 
Brian  Lloyd,  nutritionist,  76; 
Genista  McIntosh,  executive 
director  of  the  Royal  National 


Theatre,  50;  Larry.  Mize, 
golfer,  38;  Mickey  Rooney, 
actor,  76;  Bruce  Spring- 
steen. rock  musician  and 
songwriter  47;  Jeff  Squire, 
rugby  footballer,  45;  John 
Wilkinson,  Conservative 
MP.  56;  Norma  Winstone, 
jazz  lyricist  55;  Nicholas 
Wltchell,  television  journal- 
ist 43. 


In  Memoriam 

HOWARD  BAKER  (IStfi  Octet**  tS3i-23rf 
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Jackdaw 


Beauty  tips 


MODERATOR:  Your  main 
interest  is  illiteracy.  You  are 
in  the  shopping  mall . . . 
Contestant:  Am  I shopping? 
Moderator  Yes. 

Contestant:  Oh.  good! 
Moderator  A person  comes 
up  and  asks  you  to  help  them 
Fill  out  a job  application.  It 
becomes  obvious  that  they  are 
Ul  iterate.  What  would  you  do? 
Contestant:  I would  give  them 
a copy  of  my  book  on  illiteracy 
and  suggest  that  they  read  it.. 
Moderator  But  would  you 
help  them  fill  out  the 
application? 

Contestant  Yes.  but  I would 
urge  them  to  take  adult  educa- 
tion classes. 


After  giving  an  illiterate  per- 
son a book,  and  helping  them 
to  cheat  on  a job  application. 
Miss  Arkansas  was  chosen  to 
be  the  new  Miss  America. 
Thanks  to  Bill  in  Frankfurt  for 
this  entry  from  the  Inter  net  list- 
server.  Mish-Mash. 

Sick  jokes 

HILLARY  CLINTON  VIRUS: 
Files  disappear,  only  to  reap- 
pear mysteriously  a year 
later,  in  another  directory. 

OJ  SIMPSON  VIRUS:  You 
know  it’s  guilty  of  trashing 
your  system,  bu  t you  just 
can’t  prove  it. 

POLITICALLY  CORRECT 
VIRUS:  Never  identifies  itself 
as  a “virus,”  but  instead 
refers  to  itself  as  an  "elec- 
tronic micro-organism". 
ROSS  PEROT  VIRUS:  Acti- 
vates every  component  in 
your  system,  just  before  the 
whole  thing  quits. 
GOVERNMENT  ECONO- 
MIST VIRUS:  Nothing  works, 
but  all  your  diagnostic  soft- ' 
ware  says  everything  is  fine. 
FEDERAL  BUREAUCRAT 
VIRUS:  Divides  your  hard 
disk  into  hundreds  of  little 
units,  each  of  which  does 


practically  nothing,  but  all  of 
which  claim  to  be  the  most 
important  part  of  your 
computer. 

GALLUP  VIRUS:  60  per  cent 
of  PCs  infected  will  lose  30  per 
cent  of  their  data  14  per  cent 
of  the  time  (plus  or  minus  a 
3.5  per  cent  margin  of  error). 
ADAM  AND  EVE  VIRUS: 
Takes  a couple  of  bytes  out  of 
your  Apple. 

FREUDIAN  VIRUS:  Your 
computer  becomes  obsessed 
with  its  own  motherboard. 
ELVIS  VIRUS:  Your  com- 
puter gets  fat,  slow,  and  lazy, 
then  self-destructs,  only  to  * 
resurface  at  shopping  malls 
and  service  stations  across 
rural  America. 

Another  offering  from  the  In- 
ternet server  Mish-Mash. 

High  life 

WE  WERE  then  all.  en  masse, 
transported  to  the  Versace 
party  for  food,  though  no  one 
present  bad  ever  eaten  any- 
thing in  their  lives.  Before  I go 
on.  I just  want  to  say  I had 
done  a television  show  at 
Cannes  a year  earlier,  where  I 
crashed  Mickey  Rourke’s 

press  conference.  Mickey 


made  us  wait  two-and-a-half 
hours  while,  as  his  PR  person 
explained  he  got  his  head 
together.  We  all  had  to  watch 
him  try  and  get  his  head 
together,  on  the  beach,  and 
then  he  came  to  us  in  a cloud 
of  arrogance.  His  gorilla-in-a- 
tux  PR  person  told  us  not  to 
ask  stupid  questions.  After  a 
few  lewd  comments  from  the 
press,  Mickey  explained  that 
9‘.  i Weeks,  Part  One,  was  not 
about  fucking  as  the  press 
implied,  but  a “mental  thing”. 
Also  they  weren’t  sure  who  the 
new  girl  was  going  to  be  In  part 
two,  so  please  don’t  ask.  I stood 
up.  introduced  my  self  as 
Ruby  Wax.  BBC.  volunteered 
to  be  the  “new  girl”  and  sa id. 
even  though  it  was  more  of  a 
mental  thing  be  was  doing,  he 
was  fantastic  at  schtupping.  I 
was  thrown  out 
Now  cut  to  the  Versace  party 
and  who  sits  down  next  to  me? 
Mickey.  He  introduces  the  girl 
beside  him  as  his  co-star  in  91 ; 
Weeks,  Part  Two.  My  life  is 
like  a sitcom.  Mickey  doesn't 
remember  me  or  anything,  so 
he  tells  me  how  much  he  ad- 
mires his  cottar.  I say.  if  you 
like  her  so  much,  why  don’t 
you  marry  her?  And  here's 


where  the  charm  starts.  He 
tells  me  he  would  but’T  have  to 
stick  my  dick  into  every  wom- 
an I meet" 

Ruin’  does  not  ujox  lyrical  on 
what  happens  next.  From  La 
Wax 's  reportage  of  the  Paris 
couture  shows  for  Vogue. 

History  divorce 

First  Century:  Peter,  the  first 
pope,  and  the  apostles  that 
Jesus  chose  were,  for  the  most 
part,  married  men 
Second  and  Third  Century:  A 
person  cannot  be  married  and 
be  perfect  However,  mast 
priests  were  married. 

Fourth  Century.  325AD  — 
Council  of  Nicea:  decreed  that 
after  ordination  a priest  could 
not  mam.’.  Proclaimed  the 
Nicene  Creed. 

385 AD  — Pope  Siricius  left  his 
wife  in  order  to  become  pope. 
Decreed  that  priests  may  no 
longer  sleep  with  their  wives. 
Fifth  Century:  40 1AD — St 
Augustine  wrote:  “Nothing  is 
so  powerful  in  drawing  the 
spirit  of  a man  downwards  as 
the  caresses  of  a woman.” 

Sixth  Century:  567AD — 
Second  Council  of  Tours:  any 
cleric  found  in  bed  withhis 


wife  would  be  excommuni- 
cated for  a year  and  reduced  to 
the  lay  state. 

Seventh  Century:  France  — 
documents  show  that  the  ma- 
jority of  priests  were  married. 
Eleventh  Century:  1074AD 
—Pope  Gregory  VB  said  any- 
one to  be  ordained  must  first 
pledge  celibacy:  “Priests  [must! 
first  escape  from  the  clutches  of 
their  wives." 

1095 AD  — Pope  Urban  II  had 
priests'  wives  sold  into  slavery. 


No  Wax  museum . . . Vogue 


their  children  abandoned. 

1139 AD — Pope  Innocent  It 
Second  Latean  Council  con- 
firmed the  previous  council's 
decree. 

Fifteenth  Century:  Transi- 
tion; 50  per  cent  of  priests  are 
married  and  accepted  by  the 
people. 

Twentieth  Century:  1930AD 
— Pope  Pius  XL  sex  can  be  good 
and  holy. 

The  path  of  Catholic  clergy 
was  never  straight.  From  the 
Call  to  Action/ Future 
Church ‘s  pamphlet  on  allow- 
ing Catholic  priests  to  marry, 
at  Ustserv.american.edu/cath- 
olic/cui/celibacy 

Captain’s  log 

IN  the  waste  compartment, 
astronauts  strap  themselves 
down  to  the  lavatory  seat.  In- 
stead of  water,  which  would 
be  disastrous  in  weightless- 
ness, powerful  suction  pumps 
pullthe  waste  into  a holding 
tank.  But  if  the  seal  between 
the  buttocks  and  the  seat  isn't 
snug,  gobs  of  urine  and  solid 
wastes  will  float  around  the 
cabm  like  swarming  insects. 
Indeed  both  NASA  and  the 
Russian  Space  Agency  are 


still  struggling  to  design  an.--.~- 
efficient  zero-G  toilet  Orbit- 
ing ships  can’t  afford  Instore 
the  entire  mass  of  waste  from 
a crew.  Vents  on  the  sideof 
the  vehicles  sprinkle  the 
waste  into  space,  after  special 
shredder  and  vaporiser  sys- 
tems have  rendered  it  into  . 
particles  as  fine  as  dust  . 

Waste  disposal  is  no  joke. 
One  of  the  weirdest  hazards  of 
space  flight  is  the  possibility 
tnatfrozeso  particles  of  urine: 
and  faeces,  dumped  from  a 
previous  mission,  might  . " 
smash  into  you  at  17 fiOOa^lP 
The  vented  waste  stays  in 
orbit  for  weeks;  a speck  just  3/ . 
36th  the  mass  of  an  aspirin  . . 

tablet  carries  the  destructive ~ 
potential  of  a 0.3  calibre  buDet. 
Focus  magazine  explains  some 
basic  problems familiar  to 
Shannon  Lucid,  the  female  as-' 
tronaut  who  has  just  returned  . 
from  six  months  In  space.  * 

Jackdaw  wants  jewels.  E-mail.  : 

jackda  w@gua  rdian-co.  aktfax 
0171-713  4366;  Jackdaw.  The 
Guardian,  UBFarringdan 
Road.  London  EC1R3ER.  ■ 

Emily  Sheffield  ; 


»jn>  (jJ 


The  Guardian  Monday  September  23  1996 


THE  ECONOMICS  PAGE  11 


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Liberals 


Election  results 


' Sfe  of  votes 


June  1983 

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Alliance  or  SDLP  banner 
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ELECTION  ISATTLEGROUND/Sterile  debate  among  Big  Two  and  ‘casino  policy’  jibes  may  be  Lib  Dems’  best  cards 

Coming  clean 
on  tax  rises 


Larry  Elliott 


THERE  was  a time 
when  those  of  us  with 
young  children  used 
to  tune  in  to  the 
Today  Programme 
hoping  that  the  politicians 
would  drown  out  the  whining 
and  grizzling;  these  days,  if 
the  squabbling  over  the 
Shreddies  drowns  out  the  pol- 
iticians, so  much  the  better. 

Paddy  Ashdown  hopes  to 
capitalise  on  the  fact  that  vot- 
ers turn  off  in  their  droves  at 
the  dread  words  . . and  now 
it's  over  to  Mr  Mawhinney/ 
BLair/Brown/Heseltine  in  the 
radio  car”.  The  Liberal  Demo- 
crat leader  believes  the  elec- 
torate has  bad  enough  of  what 
be  calls  a “massive  conspir- 
acy by  the  two  main  parties  to 
deceive  the.  voters".  . I 

To  some  extent  of  course, 
this  is  just  niche  marketing. 
The  Lib  Dems  have  found  i 
their  part  of  the  political  spec- 
trum invaded  by  the  stam- 
pede to  the  centre  and  Mr 
Ashdown  needs  to  find  a way 


of  making  his  product  look 
fresh  and  different 

Nothing  so  infuriates  the 
two  main  parties  as  Mr  Ash- 
down coming  on  all  high  and 
mighty,  not  least  because  the 
experience  of  many  Conserva- 
tive and  Labour  activists  on 
the  ground  is  that  the  dirtiest 
fighters  of  all  are  those  wear- 
ing Lib  Dem  rosettes. 

The  Lib  Dems  do  have  an 
appeal,  however,  and  it  is 
likely  to  grow  if  the  next 
seven-and-a-half  months  are  a 
continuation  of  the  current 
sterile  political  debate. 

When  voters  start  to  take  a 
look  at  the  Lib  Dem  economic 
policy,  they  will  find  an  eclec- 
tic mixture,  with  some  ideas 
to  the  right  of  the  Conserva- 
tives and  others  well  to  the 
left  of  Labour.  Three  areas 
are  of  particular  interest. 

The  first  is  tax.  Mr  Ash- 
down is  prepared  to  do  what 
Mr  Blair  will  not  and  pledge 
that  the  very  rich  — the  real 
gainers  from  the  past  18  years 
— should  pay  more.  A new 
top  rate  of  SOper  cent  would 
he  levied  on  those  earning 
more  than  £100.000  a year, 
raising  £1.1  billion  which 
would  be  used  to  increase  per- 
sonal allowances.  This  would 
remove  from  tax  people  at  the 
bottom  of  the  earnings  scale, 
and  be  both  progressive  and 
redistributive. 

The  other  main  plank  of  the 
policy  is  the  penny  on  tax  — if 
necessary  — to  boost  spend- 


ing on  education  by  £2  billion 
— an  extra  £900  million  for 
nursery'  provision.  £200  mil- 
lion for  secondary  schools, 
improvements  to  special- 
needs  teaching  and  better 
post-16  training,  as  well  as  for 
every  adult  to  have  a period 
of  re-skilling. 

Both  Tories  and  Labour  say 
that  most  voters  have  yet  to 
work  out  that  it  means  an 
extra  lp  in  the  pound  on  tax 
rather  than  just  lp  on  their 
tax  bills.  When  they  do,  it  is 
said,  the  electorate  will  look 
less  kindly  on  iL  j 

Although  the  headline  mea- 
sures are  clear  enough,  there  ; 
is  a frizziness  about  overall 
fiscal  policy;  there  is  talk  of 
reconnecting  voters  with  tax 
they  pay.  but  a lack  of  clarity 
on  whether  this  means  hy- 
pothecation (specified  taxes). 
The  plan  to  cut  public  spend- 
ing to  below  40  per  cent  of 
GDP  looks  like  a gimmick:  an 
attempt  to  temper  the  left- 
wing  appeal  uf  the  tax  pledge 
with  right-wing  rhetoric. 

Second,  there  is  the  environ- 
ment, and  here  the  Lib  Dems 
are  ahead  of  the  field.  At  the 
heart  of  the  party’s  tax  strat- 
egy is  the  welcome  realisation 
that  it  is  madness  to  tax  things . 
that  we  want  more  of —jobs — 
while  neglecting  to  tax  things 
we  want  less  of— pollution. 

The  Idea  would  be  to  intro- 
duos  a carbon  tax.  with  the 
revenue  raised  offset  by 
reductions  in  national  insur- 


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at  the  centre  doesn’t  exactly 
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The  two  main  parties  have 
not  been  slow  to  notice  that 
where  the  Lib  Dems  have 
some  influence  — as  in  New- 
bury — idealism  is  tempered 
by  political  realities. 

Finally,  there  Is  monetary 
policy,  where  the  Liberal 
Democrats  favour  a New  Zea- 
land-style  independent  cen- 
tral bank  as  a way  of  taking 
the  politics  out  of  decisions 
on  interest  rates.  This  policy 
elides  with  the  approach  to 
Europe,  where  the  Lib  Detns 
have  a much  clearer  idea  of 
what  to  do  about  monetary 
union  than  either  Mr  Major 
or  Mr  Blair,  and  collides  with 
the  party’s  long-standing  i 
commitment  to  greater  de-  j 
mocracy  and  localised  power. 
What  could  be  more  centra- 
lised and  undemocratic  than 
having  the  economy  run  by 
unelected  central  bankers? 

Although  Mr  Ashdown  con- 
cedes that  there  would  be 
pain  involved  in  joining  a 
single  currency,  the  Lib  Dems 
would  sign  up.  No  jis  or  buts. 

This  is  a clear  position.  It  is 
an  honest  position.  Whether 
it  is  a sensible  one  is  another 
matter.  Like  Sir  Edward 
Heath  and  Helmut  Kohl,  the 
Lib  Dems  are  fully  committed 
to  Europe  as  a political  pro- 
ject, but  are  overlooking  some 
fundamental  economic  prob- 
lems such  as  the  differences 
between  the  European  econo- 
mies, the  deflationary  bias 
built  into  the  European  cen- 
tral bank  and  the  lack  of  a 
mechanism  for  fiscal  trans- 
fers on  the  gigantic  scale  that 
will  be  necessary- 

Mr  Ashdown  says  failure  to 
join  will  jeopardise  the  single 
market  and  be  tantamount  to 
Britain  saying  that  it  will  con- 
tinue with  competitive  deval- 
uation. While  these  are  valid 
points,  it  is  also  worth  noting 
that  those  countries  — 
France,  in  particular  — 
which  have  been  anally  reten- 
tive about  their  currencies 
have  not  exactly  prospered 
over  the  past  15  years. 

The  Lib  Dem  leader  has  a 
nice  image  about  the  UK  as  a 
cork  bobbing  around  in  the 
wake  of  an  ocean  liner,  but  if 
the  ocean  liner  is  the  Titanic, 
being  a cork  might  not  be  so 
bad  after  all 


Radical  fruits  of  Devon’s 
Liberal  trade  endeavours 


Richard  Thomas 

FROM  his  building  site 
in  the  heart  of  west 
Devon  — where  Emma 
Nicholson  MP  announced 
her  conversion  to  the  Lib- 
eral cause  — Eddie  Haw- 
kins explains  why,  as  a life- 
long socialist,  he  now  votes 
Liberal  Democrat.  "To  get 
the  bloody  Tories  out,”  he 
says  with  vigour. 

Thirty  miles  east,  on  a 
hill  near  Tiverton,  fruit 
farmer  John  Tricks  says  he 
has  switched  from  bine  to 
yellow  in  a seat  once  repre- 
sented by  Palmerston,  the 
first  Liberal  prune  minis- 
ter. "It  is  about  honesty,” 
he  says.  "We  need  someone 
to  tell  us  the  troth  about 
the  tough  choices  we  have 
to  make.  Neither  of  the 
other  parties  is  doing  it.”  i 
These  men  epitomise  the 
successful  capture  of  the 
South-west  by  the  Liberal 
Democrats.  Although  their 
strategy  has  been  based  on 
tactics  as  much  as  princi- 
ples, both  stress  the  attrac- 
tions of  the  party's  longer- 
term  policies. 

Mr  Tricks  explains  how 
the  cider  brewers  to  whom 
he  is  contracted  had  to 
make  a 10-year  bet  on  his 
apple  trees  bearing  fruit. 
“The  wbole  economy  needs 
to  be  like  this,”  he  says. 
"At  the  moment,  the  casino 
economy  is  all  about  mak- 
ing as  much  as  possible  as 
quickly  as  possible,  then 
shoving  off  Into  offshore 
tax  havens.” 

Although  a tactical  voter, 
Mr  Hawkins  also  likes  the 
Liberal  Democrat  habit  of 
thinking  ahead.  His  Oke- 
hampton  firm  has  not  sold 
a house  in  17  months,  but 
he  refused  to  sack  a single 
worker.  “That’s  how  you 
get  quality,”  he  insists  — 
and  he  reckons  it  works. 


"There  Isn’t  another 
builder  round  here  who  can 
blow  wind  up  my  arse.” 

Old  enough  for  a bus 
pass,  he  lays  out  the  raw 
materials  for  his  workers 
at  6.80  every  morning.  Not 
that  be  will  need  a bus  pass: 
he  looks  and  acts  like  the 
workers'  mate,  but  Mr 
Hawkins  is  worth  about 
£5  million. 

His  Liberal  Democrat 
candidate,  John  Burnett, 
who  needs  only  a 3 per  cent 
swing  to  enter  Parliament, 
says  this  is  part  of  the 
Devon  culture.  "No  one 
flaunts  it  down  here." 
There  is  a Tory  drive  to 
make  it,  but  an  old  Labour- 


The  recovery  is 
coming  down  the 
motorway,  but  it 
hasn't  got  here  yet’ 


ish  desire  to  keep  it  under 
wraps.  Except  for  jovial 
lawyer  Mr  Burnett,  who 
drives  an  unmissably  pur- 
ple Mercedes-Benz. 

The  longer,  more  consid- 
ered view  typical  of  Dev- 
on’s people  is  also  grist  to 
the  Liberal  mill. 

The  idea  of  an  extra  i 
penny  on  the  basic  rate  of  I 
income  tax  to  improve  edu-  i 
cation  goes  down  well.  Mr 
Tricks  likens  sucb  an  ap- 
proach to  his  business. 

"Our  roots  are  literally  in 
the  soil,  so  we  have  to  think 
ahead.  Education  is  about 
bunding  strong  roots  for 
the  fixture,”  he  says. 

For  hard-headed  busi- 
nessmen. the  Liberal  Demo- 
crat insistence  that  better 
public  services  means  pay- 
ing more  plays  well.  Mr 
Hawkins  is  a little  scathing 
about  the  quality  of  people 


from  government  training 
schemes-  "I  simply  can’t 
use  them.”  he  says- 

And  he  is  prepared  to  pay 
more  tax  on  his  substantial 
income  to  fund  improve- 
ments in  schools  and  col- 
leges? "Oh  yes,  quite 
happy,”  be  says-  So  he 
really  is  a socialist. 

One  reason  progressive- 
minded  voters  in  the  South- 
west have,  since  Palmer- 
ston's day,  been  more 
Liberal  than  Labour  is  that 
farms  and  firms  have  been 
small.  There  are  few  big  in- 
dustries to  spawn  a trade 
union  movement.  Indepen- 
dence. in  business,  politics 
and  religion,  is  highly 
prized. 

Another  Liberal  message 
that  sells  well  in  the  South- 
west is  the  promise  of  more 
regional  autonomy.  Given 
that  a fifth  of  the  Devon 
and  Cornwall  economy  is 
based  on  tourism,  the  fi- 
nancial denuding  of  the 
tourist  and  development 
boards  excites  much  anger. 

"They  might  as  well  cut 
us  off  at  Bristol  and  let  us 
float  into  the  sea.”  says  Mr 
Hawkins.  Regional  assis- 
tance is  needed  to  fuel  the 
recovery.  “The  recovery  is 
coming  down  the  motor- 
way,” says  Mr  Hawkins. 
"Bnt  it  hasn’t  got  here  yet.” 

One  of  the  ironies  of  busi- 
ness support  for  the  Liberal 
Democrats’  economic 
stance  is  that  in  the  hands 
of  a Labour  politician, 
much  of  it  would  sound 
dangerously  socialist.  They 
promise  higher  taxation, 
more  regional  spending,  an 
end  to  the  utilities'  free- 
dom to  set  regional  prices, 
specific  pledges  on  educa- 
tion spending. 

As  Mr  Tricks  says:  “It  is 
interventionist,  yes.  And  it 
is  radical.  But  1 think  we 
need  some  radical  action, 
don't  you?" 


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Dan  Atkinson 


FORGET  shadow  budgets 
and  programme  cost- 
ings, in  this  conference 
season  the  iron  rule  holds 
true  — by  their  beneficiaries 
shall  ye  know  them.  Thus,  the 
class  party  (bankers,  bond 
market  gurus,  water  and  sew- 
age millionaires)  faces  the 
group  party  (administrators, 
teachers,  health  inspectors). 

But  the  iron  rule  wobbles 
when  we  are  (heed  with  a 
movement  which,  having 
been  so  long  in  no  position  to 
benefit  anyone,  has  no  obvi- 


ous beneficiaries.  Who  are 
the  Liberal  Democrats'  client - 
groups?  There  are  none  — not 
in  this  life,  anyway.  Most  fac- 
tions defend  and  promote  eco- 
nomic interests:  identify 
those  Interests  and  you  have 
identified  the  faction  (the 
I iron  rule). 

When  there  are  no  clearly- 
marked  interests,  identifica- 
tion relies  on  the  unsatisfac- 
tory process  of  sifting 
statements  made  by  the  par- 
ty's leaders  over  the  years,  a 
process  that,  in  this  case, 
yields  the  following  propos- 
als; bombing  Rhodesia,  bonus 
for  the  miners.  VAT  on  every- 
thing, bombing  Yugoslavia. 
No  obvious  client-groups 
there,  other  than  manufactur- 
ers of  aerial  ordnance. 


Another  line  of  inquiry 
may  be  to  try  to  identify  those 
. who  would  be  the  client 
groups  were  the  movement  in 
any  position  to  have  clients. 
This  proves  far  more  fruitful, 
given  that  millions  of  trusting 
people  are  prepared  to  believe 
either  that  they  would  benefit 
come  The  Day.  or  that  they 
know  other  people  who 
would. 

Here  we  are  in  real  heart-of-  ] 
England  territory,  market 
towns  that  resemble  the  set- 
tings of  television's  Wexford 
or  Danger-field,  places  where  j 
the  GP,  the  auctioneer  and  | 
the  solicitor  are  to  be  found  in 
the  lounge  bar,  untangling 
municipal  problems  over  a 
pint  of  the  local  ale. 

in  other  words.  Caster- 


bridge,  but  with  its  flawed 
mayor  replaced  by  a jolly  Lib- 
eral Democrat  committed  to 
ending  the  practice  of  wife- 
selling. 

Interests  that  can  never  be 
served  can  never  be  disap- 
pointed, This  is  particularly 
fortunate  in  the  Liberal  case, 
because  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  the  party’s  full-blown 
Europhilia  — most  crucially 
its  addiction  to  the  single  cur- 
rency — would  wreak  such 
havoc  in  Casterbridge  as  to 
make  Michael  Henchard’s  at- 
tempts to  comer  the  hay  mar- 
ket seem  a matter  of  no  im- 
portance. 

In  being  denied  what  they 
think  they  want,  the  electors 

of  Loam  shire  are  luckier  than 

they  will  ever  know. 


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12  SPORTS  NEWS 


As  the  final  bell  tolls  over  Wimbledon’s  old 
No.  1 Court,  Stephen  Bierley  reports  on 
the  promotion  of  Britain’s  Davis  Cup  team 


Re-birth  at 

the  death 


THE  pilgrims  threaded 
their  way  along 
Church  Road  and 
Somerset  Road  yester- 
day for  what  was  part  revival- 
ist meeting,  part  funeral. 
More  than  6.000  mourned  the 
imminent  passing  of  Wimble- 
don's No.  1 Court:  they  also 
hailed  the  re-birth  of  British 
Davos  Cup  tennis. 

Tim  Henman,  tile  shining 
light  and  Greg  Rusedski,  a 
borrowed  beacon  from  Can- 
ada. won  the  reverse  singles 
against  Egypt  to  complete  a 
5-0  victory’  which  brought 
David  Lloyd's  team  promo- 
tion to  the  Euro-African  Zone 
group  one  next  year.  From 
there  it  will  be  possible  to 
rejoin  the  world's  top  16 
nations  and  compete  for  the 
Davis  Cup  itself. 

"Goodbye  No.  1 Court  and 
thanks  for  the  memories," 
read  a banner  on  the  crowded 
West  stand.  There  was  Union- 
Jack-waving-Last-Night-of- 
the- Proms  jollity.  Henmania 
and  a frisson  of  aching  nos- 
taglia,  and  rain.  Oh  yes.  there 
had  to  be  rain,  albeit  merci- 
fully light  and  brief. 

"It  felt  as  if  you  were  play- 
ing one  of  the  most  important 
matches  of  your  Life."  said 
Henman  who  needed  the  rain 
break  to  pull  himself  together 
against  Egypt's  No.  1 Tamer 
El  Sawy.  who  had  taken  the 
first  set  7-6. 

How  much  Henman’s  ini- 
tial desultory  play  had  its 
roots  in  the  emotion  of  the  oc- 
casion or  celebrations  from 
the  previous  night  was  un- 
clear. “Come  on,  Tim,"  came 
the  plaintive  seagull  mew  of 
the  teenies  and  not  so  teenies. 
He  responded  6-2, 6-2. 

Rusedski  then  made  short 
work  of  Amr  Ghoneim  6-4, 6-2 
with  No.  1 Court’s  last  point 
being  the  sad  sigh  of  a double 
fault  from  the  Egyptian. 


Final  speeches  were  given, 
the  net  was  presented  for  pos- 
terity to  the  Wimbledon  Lawn 
Tennis  Museum  and.  after 
much  looking  and  lingering, 
the  court  emptied.  The  new 
No.  1 Court,  a thrusting 
bumptious  oval  of  vaulting 
wealth  and  ambition,  grows 
nearer  completion  and  the  old 
No.  1 will  soon  be  no  more 
than  memories  and  videos. 

There  will  be  11  teams,  in- 
cluding Britain,  in  next  year’s 
Euro-African  zone  group  one. 
assuming  that  Austria  are  not 
punished  further  for  walking 
out  or  their  World  Group 
qualifying  round  against 
Brazil  in  Sao  Paulo  yesterday. 

Trouble  errupted  during 
the  fifth  set  of  Saturday’s 
doubles  when  Thomas  Mus- 
ter. ranked  No.  3 in  the  world, 
left  the  court  claiming  he  had 
been  abused  by  spectators,  in- 
cluding the  use  of  mirrors  to 
dazzle  him.  ‘'For  3' » hours  we 
were  sworn  at  and  spat  at  If 
this  is  the  Davis  Cup  I don't 
want  anything  more  to  do 
with  it,”  said  Muster. 

However  the  referee,  Anto- 
nio Flores  Marques  of  Portu- 
gal deemed  that  Muster's 
complaints  were  not  justifi- 
able. The  Austrian  pair  were 
defaulted,  giving  Brazil  an 
overall  2-1  lead  and  yesterday 
the  Austrians  refused  to  play 
the  two  remaining  singles. 

Under  the  Davis  Cup  code 
of  conduct  Muster  was  not  eli- 
gible to  play  In  these  reverse 
singles  but  could  be  replaced 
by  another  team  member. 

The  International  Tennis 
Federation  has  called  for  a 
report  from  the  referee,  the 
ITF  observer  and  both 
national  associations. 

There  are  various  options. 
One  would  be  to  relegate  Aus- 
tria to  the  lowest  of  the  low  or 
ban  Muster.  The  committee 
may  find  in  the  Austrians' 


Racing 

Ploy  boosts 
big  race  claim 


Chris  Hawkins 


GAME  PLOY  was  dra- 
matically promoted  to 
9-1  favourite  from  33’s 
for  the  Cambridgeshire  by 
Coral’s  after  waltzing  home 
by  three  lengths  at  Newbury 
on  Saturday. 

Derek  Haydn  Jones  trains 
Game  Ploy  who  has  8st  in- 
cluding a 5lb  penalty,  in  the 
big  Newmarket  handicap  on 
October  5. 

Ray  Cochrane  held  him  up 
in  mid-field  in  the  Courage 
Handicap  on  Saturday  and 
had  no  trouble  in  accelerating 
past  Inquisitor  in  the  final 
fUrlong  to  win  going  away. 

It  was  a smart  performance 
by  this  strong,  attractive  geld- 
ing by  Deploy  and  it  came  as 
no  surprise  to  his  trainer. 

“He  was  unlucky  at  Chep- 
stow last  time  when  he 
couldn't  get  a run."  said 
Haydn  Jones.  "He's  best  when 
tucked  away  and  brought 
late.  Hie  real  racehorses  are 
the  ones  that  snitch  off1  and  at 
home  he  just  lobs  along  at  the 
back  of  the  string. 

“The  Cambridgeshire  is  the 
target  but  I think  he’ll  stay  a 
mile  and  a half  and  he  might 
even  go  for  the  November 
Handicap  at  Doncaster." 

Betting  on  the  second  leg  of 
the  autumn  double,  the  Ce- 
sa  re  witch,  has  been  domi- 
nated so  far  by  Henry  Cecil’s 
lightly  weighted  Canon  Can. 
the  7-2  favourite,  but  Ballyna- 
kelly  emerged  as  a worthy 
rival  in  dead-heating  with 
Kutta  in  the  Tote  Autumn 
Cup.  Reg  Akehurst’s  gelding, 
who  is  also  by  Deploy,  is  now 
8-1  second  favourite  for  the 
Newmarket  marathon. 
Richard  Hills  rode  a fine 


finish  to  get  Kutta  up  on  the 
line  to  share  the  spoils  and 
completed  a double  when  tak- 
ing the  Mill  Reef  Stakes  on 
Indian  Rocket. 

This  was  much  easier  for 
Hills  as  the  tough  Indian 
Rocket  was  well  in  command 
and  is  now  likely  to  go  for  the 
Middle  Park  Stakes. 

Pat  Eddery  rode  a double 
on  Phantom  Quest  and  Speed- 
ball.  his  handling  of  the  for- 
mer being  particularly 
interesting. 

Although  strongly  chal- 
lenged throughout  the  final 
furlong  by  the  gambled-on 
Tamhid,  Eddery'  never  went 
for  his  whip  and  rode-out 
hands  and  heels  for  a short- 
head  victory. 

In  view  of  the  current  whip 
controversy,  one  cannot  help 
wondering  whether  the  stew- 
ards would  have  bad  Eddery 
in  for  making  insufficient 
effort  had  he  been  beaten. 

Presumably  the  answer  Is 
no  as  this  seems  to  be  the  way 
the  authorities  want  horses 
ridden  these  days. 

There  was  no  need  for  any 
vigorous  assistance  from 
Jimmy  Fortune  to  get  Coastal 
Bluff  home  in  the  Ladbroke 
Ayr  Gold  Cup  in  a race  ruined 
by  the  draw.  Coastal  Bluff 
looked  In  a class  of  his  own 
but  secured  the  big  advantage 
of  the  stands' rails. 

The  first  four  home  were 
drawn  28,29,27  and  25  which 
is  a withering  condemnation 
of  a race  supposed  to  be  the 
most  competitive  sprint  of  the 
season.  In  fact,  two  thirds  of 
the  runners  need  not  have 
bothered  turning  up. 

Oscar  Schindler  was  an  em- 
phatic winner  the  Irish  St  Le- 
ger  and  is  now  36-1  for  the 
Arc. 


Carson  on  the  mend 


A GET  well  message  from 
the  Queen  was  among 
many  sent  to  Willie  Carson 
who  is  recovering  from  an  in- 
jury to  his  liver  he  received 
when  lucked  by  a horse  at 
Newbury  on  Friday. 

Carson  is  “out  of  immediate 
danger"  but  remains  In  inten- 


sive care.  Myrddin  Rees,  the 
jockey's  consultant  at  the 
North  Hampshire  Hospital  in 
Basingstoke,  said  yesterday: 
"Mr  Carson  had  a much  bet- 
ter night  and  remains  in 
remarkably  good  spirits.  I am 
a lot  happier  with  his  condi- 
tion today." 


The  Guardian  Monday  September  23  ioob 


Sport  in  brief 

King  is  guided  by  the 
wisdom  of  Soioihbn 

MARY  KING  extended  her  run  of  successes  to&tfrsltttefhe 
Olympics  when  she  won  the  Blenheim  horse  triakauKtag 
Solomon  in  yesterday,  but  with  a winnlngmargin  erf  just  0J5  - 
points  it  was  thedosest  call  of  all.  writes  JofmSerr; Asat  '* 
Burghlev  a fortnight  ear  lie’.  Andrew  Nicholson  proved  h?r  - 
closest  challenger.  The  New  Zealander  on  Dawdle  junmed  clear 
in  the  arena  but  a fractional  time  penaltyput  him  into  seoiiad^ 
place.  King  looked  m danger  when  Solomon  hit  the  ninth  Offhe 

12  fences  but  she  avoided  further  trouble  to  keep 

i he  Id  throughout  the  three  stages.  - 


Devils  draw  Bees’  sting . 

THE  ice  hockey  Superteflgue  had  an  unremarkable  birth  ‘ 

Saturday  when  the  Bracknell  rink  was  barelytiatf-Slledfor 
Bees'  home  game  with  the  Cardiff  Devils,  writes  VkBatchelder  ' 
Cardiff’s  Ian  Cooper  scored  the  first  goal  of  tl»new  league  andtte 
teams  traded  goals  until,  with  the  scoreaf  4-4,  SteveAfaia  mthfc 
second  cf  the  game  64  seconds  from  time  to  give  Devflsa 5-4 win. 
Last  season's  First  Division  champions  ManchesterStann 
crashed  6-1  in  front  of  8^10  at  Sheffield.  * 


Kasparov  quick  on  the  draw 

ENGLAND,  who  have  won  every  match  so  for,  advanced  to  joint' 
second  place  behind  Garry  Kasparov's  Russians  with  a&fc-iVi  - ' 
victory  over  Georgia  in  round  six  of  the  127-natlon  Olympiad  in 
Erevan,  writes  Leonard  Barden.  Russia  kept  their  ohe-po^are^ 
all  lead  by  beating  the  host  nation  Armenia  2y*-l  % „ The  third 
board  Evgeny  Bareev  scored  Russia's  winning  point  afterKa-  / . 
sparov  conceded  a draw  to  Vladimir  Akopian. 

Elliott  exemplifies  49erspirit 

GARY  PHILLIPS  of  Australia  and  Zeb  EIJirtt  ofBritam  arefc 

British  Open  Champions  in  the  49ersailn^  class.  They 

their  five-race  series  at  Hayling  Island  with  a second,  afLrsta&d  a 
third  to  be  comfortably  ahead  of  Andy  Jefferiesand  Guy  Earrant  •’ 

in  '.voids  of  between  12  and  20  knots,  writes  Bob  Fisher.  - 


Seles  helps  to  rain  on  Spain 

MONICA  SELES  of  the  United  States  beat  Spain’s  Arantxa  San- 
chez Vicario  6-1. 6-4  to  take  the  Nichirei  title  inTtibyu  less than* 
week  before  their  countries  meet  in  the  final  cf  the  FedCtqx- 
Typhoon  rains  leaking  in  through  the  roof  farced  half  a dozen 
interruptions. 

Great  Britain  chalked  up  a record  fourth  successive  victory  as 
they  retained  the  Maureen  Connolly  Trophy  againstthe  United 
States  in  Austin,  Texas.  The  21  and  under  side  built  up  a winning 
6-2  lead  with  a day  to  spare.  Chingford’s  Manly  Wain wright 
sealing  victory  7-6, 7-o  over  Callie  Creighton.  : . 


Whitaker  turns  the  Miami  vide 

PERNELL  WHITAKER  made  no  mistake  in  his  World  Basing 
Council  welterweight  title  rematch  with  WilfredoRiveraashe 
won  on  a unanimous  points  decision  against  the  Puerto  Rican  in 
Miami  Beach.  The  fight  was  ordered  after  their  original  bout  in 
April  ended  in  a questionable  split  decision  which  went  the . . 
American’s  way. 


Boardman  leads  chain  gang 

CHRIS  BOARDMAN  outclassed  an  illustrious  field  to  comfort 
ably  win  the  Grand  Prix  des  Nations  70km  time  trial  around  Lac 
du  Madine  in  eastern  France.  Cycling's  world  onehourrecord 
holder  left  the  Tour  de  France  winner  Bjfeurrre  Rite  tnulingby  tom 
5lsec-  with  die  world  road  champion  Abraham  Olano  thiida 
further  Msec  adrift.  Alex  Ziille  tightened  his  grip  on  the  Touraf 
Spain  when  he  emerged  from  the  mist  to  take  the  mountain  finish  - 
of  the  15th  stage  to  Alto  Cruz  de  la  Demands  yesterday.  ‘ 


Looking  ahead  . . . Henman  will  play  an  important  part  for  Britain  in  the  Euro- African  Zone  group  one  Stephen  wake 


favour,  although  this  appears 
unlikely. 

The  other  teams  in  group 
one  are  Croatia.  Belgium. 
Hungary.  Denmark,  Morocco. 
Zimbabwe,  Israel  and  the 


Ukraine  and  Slovak  republics. 
Britain's  promotion  to  a more 
rigorous  group  will  mean  a 
careful  look  at  the  doubles 
pairing  which  dearly  must  in- 
volve Henman  from  now  on. 


• France  will  meet  Sweden 
in  the  Davis  Cup  final  at  the 
end  of  November  after  Cedric 
Pioline  and  Arnaud  Boetsch 
took  both  their  singles 
matches  against  Italy’s  Renzo 


Furlan  and  Andrea  Gaudenzi 
respectively  for  a 3-2  triumph 
in  Nantes.  Sweden  made  their 
ninth  final  in  14  years  with  a 
straightforward  victory  over 
the  Czech  Republic  4-1. 


Baseball  makes  its  pitch 

PROFESSIONAL  players  were  cleared  to  compete  in  the 2000 
Olympics  after  the  International  Baseball  Association  voted  to 
change  its  amateur  only  rule  at  the  weekend.  Its  president  Alda 
Notari  said:  "Only  sports  that  attract  media  attention  wfflbekept 
on  the  programme.  In  Atlanta,  baseball  received  little  coverage 
even  in  the  United  States  and  in  the  rest  cf  the  world  nothing.”- 


Musselburgh 


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• Sorbie  Tower,  ridden  by  Richard  Quinn,  failed  to  justify 
heavy  support  at  Longchamp  yesterday  when  fading  into 
seventh  place  in  the  Prix  du  Pin.  The  race  was  won  by  the  Aga 
Khan's  Zarannda. 


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SPORTS  NEWS  13 


Motor  Racing 

Pass  master 
Villeneuve 
hounds  Hill 


Alan  Henry  at  Estoril 


Down  in  the  mouth  and  most  of  the  singles . . . Trish  Johnson,  left,  and  Laura  Davies,  right,  wait  in  vain  at  the  18th  for  something  to  cheer  up  Europe.  Hie  US  took  the  ringtec  io_2  ross  mnnwhd 

David  Davies  at  Chepstow  sees  the  United  States’  single-mindedness  retain  the  Solheim  Cup  at  the  double 

Europe  lost  on  their  own 


THE  rout  that  had 
threatened  all  week, 
and  had  been  bravely 
if  exhaustingly 
repulsed,  duly  came  about 
yesterday  and  Europe  were 
swamped  by  the  United  States 
in  the  final  series  of  singles  in 
the  Solheim  Cup  here  at  St 
Pierre. 

Some  15.000  people  had 
been  attracted  to  this  lovely 
little  corner  of  Monmouth- 
shire by  the  prospect  of 
Europe's  two-point  overnight 
lead  being  turned  into  a mem- 
orable victory  over  the  Amer- 
icans. Instead,  in  a silence 
that  was  often  profound  and 
embarrassing.  Europe  won 
but  a solitary  singles  match, 
halved  two  more  and  lost  the 
remaining  nine. 

The  final  scoreline  was 
17-11.  the  six-point  losing 
margin  being  the  same  as  it 
had  .been  ?t  The  Greenbrier 
two  years  ago.  And.  if  ever 
one  series  of  matches  showed 
that  a contest  was  truly  a no- 
contest, it  was  yesterday’s 
singles. 

When  Annika  Sorenstam, 
the  home  side’s  best  player, 
won  her  match  at  the  top  of 
the  order  at  12  o'clock  It  was 
already  High  Nood  for 
Europe.  The  rest  of  the  score- 
board showed  that  the  US  led 
in  eight  of  the  other  11 
matches  and  were  all  square 
in  the  remainder. 

The  American  scores  were 
recorded  in  red  and  that  was 


all  the  visitors  saw  all  day.  “I 
only  glanced  at  the  leader- 
boards."  said  Dottle  Pepper 
later,  “but  they  were  all  a 
great  colour." 

Two  years  ago  Europe  were 
level.  5-5.  after  the  fourbaU 
and  foursomes  series,  only  to 
lose  13-7.  What  that  showed, 
and  what  yesterday's  series 
showed,  is  that,  although 
lesser  players  can  take  com- 
fort in  the  moral  and  practi- 
cal support  that  a partnership 
offers,  when  it  comes  to  the 


about  being  able  to  fmd  "12 
great  players"  for  Europe,  but 
though  there  are  undoubtedly 
some  — say  three  — “great" 
players  in  Europe,  there  are 
not  12  and  probably  never 
will  be.  The  men  haw  not  got 
12  and  they  have  been  search- 
ing far  longer. 

After  the  matches  a lot  of 
nonsense  was  talked,  mostly 
by  the  European  captain 
Mickey  Walker,  who  said: 
“The  event  itself  has  been  a 
wonderful  success."  It  may 


Americans. 

This  kind  of  claptrap  be- 
comes dangerous  when  it  is 
realised  that,  if  Europe  con- 
tinue to  lose,  it  will  take  only 
two  or  three  more  matches 
before  everyone  loses  interest 
and  a potentially  magnificent 
event  will  be  downgraded  or 
even  lost.  The  format  must  be 
altered,  as  a matter  of  ur- 
gency. to  give  the  European 
Tour  a chance  to  learn  to  tod- 
dle. before  walking  and  run- 
ning can  be  considered. 


This  kind  of  claptrap  becomes  dangerous  when  it  is  realised 
that,  if  Europe  continue  to  lose,  it  will  take  only  two  or  three  more 
matches  before  everyone  loses  interest  and  a potentially 
magnificent  event  will  be  downgraded  or  even  lost 


singles  and  they  are  out  on 
their  own  there  is  no  hiding 
place. 

In  that  situation  the  best 
players  win,  the  only  danger 
— as  the  Americans  showed 
in  the  Ryder  Cup  at  Oak  Hill 
being'  complacency.  At  St 
Pierre  the  Americans  had 
most  of  the  best  players,  with 
all  12  of  them  inside  the  top  21 
in  the  world  rankings.  Europe 
had  only  six,  the  remaining 
six  ranking  from  22  to  97,  and 
they  were  found  out. 

Before  the  matches  started 
there  was  a lot  of  brave  talk 


have  been  from  an  organisa- 
tional and  promotional  angle 
but  the  fact  is  that  the  score- 
line was  17-11  and  one  may  be 
sure  that  no  American  would 
regard  a defeat  of  that  magni- 
tude as  any  kind  of  success. 

Walker  went  on  to  say  she 
considered  the  expanded  for- 
mat. which  gives  a total  of  28 
points  rather  than  20  to  be 
played  for.  a good  thing.  How 
she  arrives  at  this  conclusion 
defies  logic,  for  the  fact  of 
more  points  gives  the  stron- 
ger team  the  better  chance, 
and  the  stronger  team  are  the 


Yesterday's  golf  was  deeply 
depressing  to  European  eyes. 
Sorenstam  won  well,  Kathryn 
Marshall  was  unlucky  to  be 
two  under  par  and  still  lose  to 
Val  Skinner,  and  Alison  Nich- 
olas was  one  under  when  she 
halved  with  Kelly  Robbins. 
That  half-point  meant  that  the 
cup  was  retained  by  the 
Americans  — at  1.36pm.  ft 
was  £25  to  get  in  yesterday 
and  not  many  of  the  throng 
there  would  have  regarded  it 
as  great  value. 

Elsewhere  Europe  were 
mostly  playing  plus-par  golf. 


Laura  Davies,  with  not  a 
single  birdie,  was  two  over 
against  Michelle  McGann. 
who  also  beat  her  in  a play-off 
for  the  State  Farm  Rail  Clas- 
sic this  month. 

Lisa  Hackney  was  level  but 
lost  on  the  last;  Dale  Reid  was 
one  over,  Helen  Alfredsson 
and  Lotte  Neumann  two  over. 
Marie-Laure  de  Lorenzi  and 
Catrin  Nilsmark  three  over, 
Joanne  Morley  four  over  and 
Trish  Johnson  five  aver  — all 
this  on  a relatively  easy 
course.  It  was  not  nearly  good 
enough. 

Thankfully  this  never  be- 
came a confrontational  cup, 
as  some  events  at  The  Green- 
brier two  years  ago  had  indi- 
cated it  might  Some  of  the 
credit  for  this  can  be  taken  by 
the  informal  choir,  the  St 
Pierre  Spontaneous  Orpheus, 
that  sprang  up  in  the  stand 
behind  the  1st  tee,  orches- 
trated by  the  former  Tour 
player  Jane  C-onnachan. 

They  had  a song  for  every 
player  and  for  all  occasions: 
the  Swedes  got  something 
from  Abba,  for  instance,  and 
there  was  a wordless  version 
of  the  Marseillaise  for  De  Lor- 
enzi. Even  a passing  Radio 
Five  Live  commentator,  Mau- 
reen Madill.  was  serenaded 
with  When  Irish  Eyes  are 
Smiling,  and  perhaps  the  best 
of  the  lot  was  when  Walker 
appeared  with  an  eye-patch 
covering  adverse  reaction  to  a 
wasp-sting.  "Da-dee-da-da-da- 


AFTER  Damon  Hill's  Oy 
ing  start  it  simply  did 
not  look  possible  for  his 
team-mate  Jacques  Ville- 
neuve  to  win  here  yesterday 
But  the  Canadian  was  in  im 
perious  mood  and  produced 
one  of  the  most  breathtaking 
passing  manoeuvres  seen  all 
season  to  take  the  Formula 
One  title  race  to  the  wire. 

After  a dozen  Japs  the  Eng- 
lishman was  some  lOsec 
ahead  and  Villeneuve  was 
still  bogged  down  in  fourth 
place.  But  the  IndyCar  cham- 
pion knew  he  had  to  throw 
caution  to  the  wind  and  he 
pounced  when  Michael  Schu- 
macher was  momentarily 
baulked  as  they  came  to  lap 
Giovanni  Lavaggi's  Minardi 
Coming  through  the 
I50mph  right-hander  on  to  the 
start-finish  straight.  Ville- 
neuve took  his  Williams 
round  the  outside  of  Schu- 
macher's Ferrari  in  a magnif- 
icently bold  stroke.  As  he 
drew  level  with  the  Ferrari, 
the  two  cars  still  had 
Lavaggi's  Minardi  ahead  but 
Villeneuve  successfully  edged 
ahead  and  then  nipped  across 
the  Ferrari’s  bows  on  the 
straight  before  tucking  inside 
the  slow  Italian’s  car  going 
into  the  next  right-hander. 

‘It  was  fun  overtaking  on 
the  outside  of  the  turn,"  said 
Villeneuve  later.  *1  told  the 
team  before  the  race  that  I 
thought  we  could  do  it  They 
said  they  would  come  and 
pick  me  out  of  the  guard  rail 
if  I tried. 

‘But  I had  nothing  to  lose. 
Either  I beat  Damon  or  I lost 
the  championship  right  there 
anyway,  so  It  was  worth  it  to 
take  the  big  risk." 

And  so  what  had  started  out 
looking  like  a dominant  and 
title-clinching  victory  run  for 


Hill  in  the  Portuguese  Grand 
Prix  ended  with  a brilliant 
success  for  his  Williams 
team-mate,  who  can  still  take 
the  title  In  the  final  race  in 
Japan  on  October  13. 

At  one  point  Hill  was  19sec 
ahead  of  his  team-mate  but  a 
combination  of  traffic,  a lack- 
lustre performance  by  the 
Englishman  in  the  second 
stint  between  pit  stops 
Villeneuve's  sheer  flair 
brought  the  Canadian  right 
up  on  to  his  tail  with  30  laps 
to  run. 

“I  was  enjoying  my  time 
out  there  at  the  front,"  said 
Hill,  "but  I always  knew  that 
Jacques  would  be  able  to  get 
through  [to  second  place] 
ahead  of  [Jean]  Alesi.  He 
closed  up  on  me  pretty 
quickly  so  1 thought  okay, 
let’s  see  what  he  can  do,  I 
put  the  hammer  down  a bit 
and  pulled  away. 

"I  thought  I would  have  a 
sufficient  advantage  to  stay 
ahead  of  him  through  the  last 
pit  stop,  but  I lost  a bit  of  time 
behind  a McLaren  coming 
round  the  last  comer  and  was 
very  surprised  to  see  him 
coming  out  of  the  pits  ahead 
of  me.  I was  pretty  shocked. 
He  was  flying  and  there  was 
no  way  I could  stay  with  him 
at  the  end.” 

Villeneuve  said:  "My  car 
today  was  very,  very  strong 
and  l was  able  to  race  it  very 
hard.  I knew  that  once  I got 
ahead,  if  I didn’t  make  a mis- 
take or  get  involved  in  traffic 
at  the  wrong  spot  we  would 
finish  in  front” 

In  the  end  Hill  was  20sec 
adrift  Schumacher,  who  was 
highly  impressed  by  Villen- 
euve's audacity,  finished 
third  ahead  of  Alesi's  Benet- 
ton, Eddie  Irvine's  Ferrari 
and  Gerhard  Berger’s  Benet- 
ton, with  Johnny  Herbert’s 
Sauber  eighth  and  Martin 
Brundle’s  Jordan  ninth. 


Hill  still  needs  to  make  a point 


Hands-on  . . . the  US  take 
the  CUP  17-11  STEPHEN  MONDAY 

da-dee-da,”  they  sang,  in  a 
very  presentable  version  of 
the  theme  music  from  The 
Sting. 

It  was  infectious  good  hu- 
mour, the  songs  were  stifled 
in  good  time  before  the  play- 
ers teed  off  and  they  helped 
create  a wonderful  atmo- 
sphere. Unfortunately,  yester- 
day. it  began  and  ended  on 
the  1st  tee. 

At  Tam,  in  St  Pierre’s  tiny 
church  at  the  back  of  the  reg- 
ular 18th  green.  Nicholas  read 
the  lesson  for  the  early-morn- 
ing service.  It  was  from  1 Co- 
rinthians 9,  verses  24-25,  and 
read,  partly:  "Know  ye  not 
that  they  which  run  in  a race 
run  all.  but  one  receivetb  the 
prize?  So  run  that  ye  may  ob- 
tain." But  races  inevitably  go 
to  the  swift  and  yesterday  the 
Americans  were  much  the 
faster. 


Bjorn  is  bonny  banker  in  his  rookie  year  on  tour 


Contd  from  page  16 
As  they  passed  the  pits  Hill 
suddenly  swung  to  the  right, 
off  the  racing  line,  forcing 
Alesi  towards  the  pit  wall.  On 
the  face  of  it  this  was  a piece 
of  calculated  blocking  of  the 
kind  Senna  introduced  to  For- 
mula One  and  such  as  Schu- 
macher may  have  used  to  de- 
prive Hill  of  the  title  at 
Suzuka  two  years  ago. 

‘I  never  ever  saw  Alesi," 
Hill  said  afterwards,  with  a 
somewhat  disingenuous  air. 
'I  was  looking  where  I was 
going.  I was  keeping  my  eyes 
on  Die  road  ahead.  You've  got 
your  hands  full  at  the  start,  I 
can  tell  you." 

Alesi  had  a very  different 
view.  “Everybody  is  fighting 
for  a place."  he  said.  “In  Da- 
mon's case  it’s  to  win  the 
world  championship.  In  my 
case  it’s  to  finish  in  third 
place  in  the  championship. 
And  I don't  think  it's  correct 
to  use  the  pressure  of  win- 
ning a race  or  whatever  to 
block  someone,  specially  at 
the  start,  where  it’s  the  most 
dangerous  moment  for  a 
grand  prix." 

Hill  gave  a light-hearted 
response  when  confronted 
during  practice  here  with  the 
suggestion  that  all  he  had  to 
do  to  win  the  title  was  nudge 
Villeneuve  off  the  track,  as 


Rugby  League 


Senna  and  Prost  used  to  do  to 
each  other  as  a matter  erf 
course.  A lack  of  aptitude  for 
intimidation  is  greatly  to  his 
credit  but  it  seems  that  he  is 
fed  up  with  the  idea  that  he  is 
a soft  touch  and  lacks  the 
steel  of  a true  champion. 

Now  the  rumour  mill  ran 
return  to  grinding  out  stories 
about  Hill's  team  destination 
next  season.  His  manager 
Michael  Breen  was  kept  busy 
in  the  paddock,  talking  prin- 
cipally to  Eddie  Jordan  and 
Jackie  Stewart,  but  it  is  un- 
likely that  any  deal  will  be 
concluded  before  it  is  known 
whether  or  not  Hill  can  call 
himself  the  1996  world 
champion. 

“I  haven’t  been  involved 
with  the  negotiations  this 
weekend,"  Hill  said.  *Tve 
been  concentrating  on  the 
racing.  Now  HI  have  to  speak 
to  Michael  Breen  and  get  him 
to  tell  me  what's  been  going 
on." 

What  is  almost  certainly 
not  going  on  is  a rumoured 
move  by  Renault  to  maintain 
their  links  with  Hill  by  sup- 
plying their  engines  to  a third 
team,  in  which  he  could  take 
a seat  Renault  will  withdraw 
from  Formula  One  at  the  end 
of  next  season  and  such  a 
move  would  make  no  com- 
mercial or  technical  sense. 


Patrick  Glenn 
at  Loch  Lomond 


*1  'HERE  was  a bundle  to 
I be  made  for  any  reader 
■ of  signs  who  could 
have  worked  out  that  the 
inaugural  Loch  Lomond 
World  Invitational  would 
be  won  by  a man  Lifting  his 
first  tournament  in  his 
rookie  year  on  the  Euro- 
pean Tour. 

Thomas  Bjorn,  a long-hit- 
ting 25-year-old  from  Den- 


mark. held  off  some  fancy 
names  on  the  bonny  banks 
yesterday  to  pocket  the 
£125,000  first  prize. 

Having  been  quoted  at 
around  150-1  on  Thursday, 
Bjorn  brought  the  kind  of 
romance  to  the  72nd  green 
that  galleries  love.  He 
missed  a birdie  putt  but, 
with  a stroke  in  hand, 
tapped  in  to  secure  victory. 

This  performance  lifted 
him  from  59tb  to  15th  in 
the  Order  of  Merit  and  he  is 
now  only  £13,000  behind 


Scotland's  Raymond  Rus- 
sell in  the  Rookie  of  the 
Year  contest.  This  was  his 
fourth  top-10  finish  and  he 
has  amassed  just  over 
£22-1.000.  He  has  also  put 
himself  into  early  conten- 
tion for  a place  In  the  Ryder 
Cup  exactly  a year  from 
now. 

Bjorn,  who  began  the  day 
level  with  his  playing  part- 
ner Jean  Van  de  Velde  of 
France,  included  three 
birdies  and  two  bogeys  in 
his  final-day  70,  his  fourth 


Hockey 


Smith  starts  at  the  double 


Pat  Rowley 


JANE  SMITH,  the  England 
international,  had  a fine 
debut  for  Slough  on  the 
opening  day  of  the  Women's 
National  League,  scoring 
twice  in  the  first  seven  min- 
utes against  Leicester  at  Wex- 
ham  yesterday  to  lead  her 
new  club  to  a 3-0  win. 

Smith  scored  with  a direct 
strike  at  Slough’s  somewhat 
fortunate  first  corner,  and 
soon  afterwards  slid  the  ball 
under  Aileen  Claxton,  the  for- 
mer England  goalkeeper, 
from  Kate  White's  pass. 

The  tall  athletic  striker 
then  had  the  opportunity  to 

complete  her  hat-trick  but 
took  advantage  of  the  new  no- 
offeide.rule  and  unselfishly 
fed  the  better  placed  Mandy 
Niche  lis,  who  scored. 

Slough  continued  to  domi- 
nate the  game  but  wasted 
chances  and  lost  some  of  their 


cohesion  as  their  new  coach 
John  Shaw,  the  Olympic  for- 
ward. took  the  opportunity  to 
give  all  his  players  pitch  time. 

The  champions  Hightown, 
with  a penalty  by  Linda  Carr 
and  a gift  chance  taken  by  the 
Wales  winger  Yana  Williams, 
won  2-1  at  Clifton  but  could 
thank  Carolyn  Reid,  their 
goalkeeper,  for  keeping  them 
in  the  game  in  the  first  half. 

The  cup  holders  Ipswich 
failed  to  take  their  chances  in 
a goalless  first  half  at  home  to 
Sutton  and  bad  to  be  content 
with  a 2-2  draw.  Bamfield  and 
Rawlinson  scored  for  Ipswich 
between  two  goals  by  the 
daughter  of  the  former  Eng- 
land international  Val  Lee. 
Lisa. 

In  the  other  Premier  Div- 
ision  match  a controversial 
late  penalty,  impressively 
converted  by  Claire  Fergu- 
son. brought  Doncaster  a i.-l 
home  win  over  the  promoted 
Trojans,  who  deserved  better. 


Hie  day's  outstanding  per- 
formance came  from  Olton  on 
their  First  Division  debut. 
With  the  former  British  cap- 
tain Barbara  Hambly  domi- 
nant in  midfield,  their  young 
side  played  aggressively,  as 
dictated  by  the  international 
coach  Gavin  Featherstone, 
and  beat  Blueharts  7-1.  Their 
biggest  disappointment  was 
to  manage  only  three  goals 
from  22  penalty  corners. 

It  was  a good  day.  too,  for 
the  league’s  newcomers.  Lynn 
GoodheWs  two  goals  brought 
Loughtonians  a 2-1  win  over 
Exmouth  and  Ann  Glover 
brought  West  Witney  a 1-0 
win  with  a first-half  goal  at 
St  Albans. 

• Another  remarkable 
National  League  debut  came 
from  Jeremy  Boyse.  brother 
of  the  international  Adrian. 
He  scored  four  on  Saturday  as 
the  men's  First  Division  new- 
comers Lewes  trounced 
Bromley  8-2. 


sub-par  round  of  the  week. 

Hie  expected  charge  from 
Colin  Montgomerie,  Robert 
Allenby  and  Nick  Faldo  did 
not  materialise  on  a grey 
but  windless  day. 

Montgomerie  and  Al- 
lenby. playing  together  in 
the  second-to-last  match, 
'both  shot  70.  Allenby  fin- 
ished third,  four  strokes  off 
the  winner,  with  the  big 
Scot  another  shot  away 
along  with  England's  Jona- 
than Lomas. 

Allenby  tripped  in  a rut 


Basketball 


as  he  was  leaving  the 
course  and  was  taken  to 
hospital  with  a suspected 
broken  right  ankle.  It 
turned  out  to  be  only  badly 
bruised  and  the  Australian 
hopes  to  play  in  the  Euro- 
pean Open  in  Dublin  next 
week. 

Faldo,  who  began  the  day 
seven  behind,  was  cooked 
by  the  turn,  already  two 
over  par.  He  finished  with  a 
77  and  tied  for  37th  place. 

Bjorn  knew  by  the  middle 
of  the  inward  nine  that  be 


had  only  Van  de  Velde  to 
beat,  and  successive  birdies 
at  the  13th  and  14th  sud- 
denly gave  him  a three-shot 
cushion. 

He  was  able  to  coast  in 
Grom  there  although  he  con- 
fessed to  never  having  felt 
so  nervous  in  his  life  as  be 
did  walking  the  last  four 
boles.  He  was  assisted  by  a 
good-luck  message  from 
Brian  Laudrup.  the 
Rangers  winger,  who  lives 
three  miles  from  the 
coarse. 


Armed  guard  for 
Lions  after  riot 


Andy  Wilson  in  Lae 


No  panic  at  Palace 


Rob  Dugdale 


LIFE  in  the  Budweiser 
Premier  League  has  not 
been  easy  for  the  newly 
promoted  Crystal  Palace. 
They  may  bear  the  most  fam- 
ous name  in  British  basket- 
ball but  that  counts  for  little 
when  the  first  three  games 
have  been  lost. 

"We're  very  close  to  win- 
ning a game,”  says  Alton 
Byrd.  Palace's  coach  and  gen- 
eral manager.  “1  told  people 
that  it  was  going  to  be  painful 
and  that,  if  we  nicked  a game 
or  two  early  on,  it  would  be  a 
bonus." 

Byrd,  the  best  playmaker 
the  British  game  has  seen, 
was  still  playing  last  season 
when  his  team  easily  won 
Division  One.  He  is  not 
tempted  to  reverse  his  deci- 
sion to  retire  from  playing. 
"We’d  haw  three  wins  if  I’d 
decided  to  play  from  day  one 


but  I'm  not  even  close  to  suit- 
ing up."  he  says.  "I  wouldn't 
play  just  to  win  another 
championship.  I’ve  enough 
silverware  gathering  dust.” 

Palace  showed  farther  big- 
league  teething  problems 
against  Leicester  this  week- 
end. Losing  by  two  points 
with  four  minutes  remaining, 
then  four  points  with  2‘  - min- 
utes left  on  the  clock,  they 
panicked  and  lost  79-65.  al- 
though missing  13  free-throws 
did  not  help. 

Palace  are  a good  bench- 
mark for  the  new  league  regu- 
lations that  allow  more 
work-permit  players  on  each 
team  this  season,  the  best 
English  players  having  been 
lost  as  a result  of  the  Bosnian 
ruling.  Byrd  has  added  a cou- 
ple of  Canadians  to  the 
largely  English  line-up  that 
clinched  promotion. 

"Talent-wise  I'm  looking  at 
the  sides  we've  played  so  far 
and  we're  just  as  good.”  says 


Byrd,  suggesting  that  bis 
team  are  proving  the  new 
Americans  in  the  league  may 
not  be  making  the  impact  that 
was  expected. 

Nothing  would  tempt  Byrd 
to  sign  more  foreigners.  “I 
don't  see  the  purpose  of  it. 
Short  term,  the  league  had  to 
take  action.”  he  says.  “But 
we’re  looking  three  years 
ahead  when  we  want  to  be 
playing  in  Europe,  where  the 
rule  is  fewer  foreigners." 

The  new  rules  have  bene- 
fited teams  that  have  histori- 
cally recruited  well.  Derby 
Storm,  whose  coach  Jeff 
Jones  brought  in  some  of  the 
more  talented  Americans  of 
recent  years,  went  top  of  the 
table  when  a 110-104  win  over 
Hemel  and  Watford  brought 
them  a third  success  in  four 
starts. 

Sheffield,  champions  two 
seasons  ago.  handed  Birming- 
ham their  second  overtime 
defeat  of  the  season.  92-85. 


I 


PAPUA  New  Guinea  is 
the  only  country  in  the 
world  with  rugby  league 
as  its  national  game  but  yester- 
day's events  to  Port  Moresby 
and  Lae  did  little  to  enhance 
its  reputation  with  the  Great 
Britain  tourists. 

They  were  kept  in  the  air- 
port at  Port  Moresby,  the  cap- 
ital, for  five  hours  waiting  for 
a connecting  flight  north  to 
Lae,  taking  their  total  jour- 
ney time  since  leaving  Man- 
chester on  Friday  morning  to 
almost  50  hours. 

Then  they  arrived  in  Lae  to 
the  news  that  the  National 
Inter-City  Cup  final  there  had 
been  abandoned  after  60  min- 
utes because  of  serious  crowd 
rioting.  Police  used  teargas  at 
the  ground  where  Great  Brit- 
ain will  play  the  Kumuls  in  a 
one-off  Test  on  Saturday  be- 
fore moving  on  to  Fiji  and 
New  Zealand. 

Local  journalists  at  the 
final  claimed  that  two  men 
had  been  shot,  one  of  them 
killed.  When  the  Lions  party 
checked  into  their  hotel  they 
were  told  to  stay  there  with 
an  armed  guard  until  farther 
notice,  jeopardising  a train- 
ing session  today. 

■Tt  is  obviously  unsettling," 
said  Phil  Larder,  the  increas- 
ingly beleaguered  British 
coach.  “But  I have  spoken  to 
the  chief  of  police  arid  also  to 
the  PNG  coach  [Boh  Bennett], 
who  is  also  a policeman,  and 
they  have  assured  me  that  the 


trouble  was  caused  by  local 
rivalry  so  it  should  not  affect 
us.  But  we  have  a very  young 
squad  and  1 will  be  speaking 
to  them  about  the  situation.’1 

The  squad  had  already  been 
depleted  by  the  withdrawal  of 
most  of  their  first-choice  back 
line,  many  of  them  staying  in 
England  to  play  rugby  union, 
and  Bobbie  Goulding  heads  a 
list  erf  four  players  carrying 
injuries  which  make  them 
doubtful  for  both  Wednes- 
day’s provincial  game  in 
Mount  Hagen  and  the  Test  on 
Saturday. 

Goulding  has  a knee  prob- 
lem and  his  St  Helens  team- 
mate Chris  Joynt  is  recover- 
ing from  minor  knee  surgery, 
Bradford  Bulls'  utility  for- 
ward Bernard  Dwyer  has 
badly  blistered  feet  and  Work- 
ington’s Welsh  prop  Rowland 
Phillips  has  a groin  strain. 

Larder  had  planned  a train- 
ing session  in  the  heat  and 
humidity  of  Lae  as  soon  as 
the  team  arrived  but  the  de- 
lay in  Port  Moresby  has  left 
him  with  only  two  days  to 
prepare  for  the  game  at 
Mount  Hagen,  a further  short 
flight  away  into  the 
Highlands. 

Bennett,  whose  brother 
Wayne  is  established  as  one 
of  the  world’s  leading  tacti- 
cians after  his  work  for  Can- 
berra, Brisbane  and  Queens- 
land, has  no  such  problems; 
in  fact  he  was  given  a major 
fillip  with  the  news  (hat  the 
Kumuls  captain  Adrian  Lam 
has  been  cleared  to  play  by 
the  Australian  Rugby  League- 


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Weekend  results 

Soccer 

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NATIONWIDE  LEAGUE 
First  Division 

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Qrvimby  Town  Psarcoy,  McDetmotL  Jobliiu] 
Hand, side  I'Talhmare  ?6)  Leier  Wuianriqion. 
Oinlds  Tr.Aiope  iSlukawnaro  671  Woods 
•Vri.iC)  5H  Mon  fanca.  Black 
Oxford  United  WhHehead.  Rob(n»n.M  Ford. 
Smith  EJI-olf  GiknrlsL  B Ford  Gray.  Mood* 
■ Murphy  Mi.  Jemsen  lAldrluga  70). 
B4auchunp  Sub inel  used).  Purse 
Rolomd  p Richards  1 Pram  on  I 

Man  City  — iPjl  WmHwtflni  — i0)O 
KinUadJu  39  (con)  All  26.7S7 
Manchester  City  Dibblo.  McGoldrlck. 
Ff ontfvc k Lomas.  Symons.  Wassail. 
3onunoitacr  Cteugh.  Drckov  iwuitef  Ml 
hinkLadCc  R-»ler  Subs  ion  used  I Ingrain. 

Pt>  jHjI-1 

Btrmlngtun  CRy  Bennett  Poole  Aden. 
Brjcc  Bruon  Holland  Boom  iCsttle  2Gi. 
HcM-ii  FuHomj.  Homo.  Legg  IJclmaon  67) 
Suo in- ,i| usedi  Dovlm 
Roforee  R P'.'Ulain  iHuddorslieldi 

OkUmm (01O  Bamday (111 

4ic  7 uci  Hedhiam  J1 1 pent 

Otdhnm  ABdeHc  Kelly  Fleming.  Halle.  Henry, 
■anrneti  Rmtei  jnd  DrTygsson  iSerram  67). 
Riciiaidson.  McNiuon  1 Barlow  76i.  Banger. 
RhScnl  Berectord  45) 

Barnsley  Watson  Ejdm.  Appleby  Bosencrc. 
Davis.  On  Ceeuw.  Marcelle.  fldrfleam. 
WlPinson  Liddell  iBuDock  4ti  Thompson 
3uba  irui  used)  Moses.  Regis 
Referee  AG  Wiley  iWalMSl 

Pqrtamth 10)0  Norwich till 

Alt  7 511  Crook  36 

Par  tarn  oath  Fianeven  Politick.  Russell. 
McLaughlin.  Igoe  A wind.  Carter.  Smpson 
. Pcrran  Ml.  Bradbury  HOD  iDurmn  711. Tumor 
Sub  inn  usedi  Howell 

Harwich  City  Gunn.  Newman.  Mills  Eddie. 
Pstslm  Croc*  (Carey  78).  Adams.  Sutch. 
AUncuyi.  Milligan.  O Neill  Subs  (KOI  Usedi. 
Wibihl  Barber 
Referee  D Orr  liven 

P VJ  0 L F A Pta 
Bolton  ....  . a e 1 1 21  11  IB 
Barnsley 7 6 0 1 15  6 18 


Norwich 8 5 

Stoke  ..  S 4 

Wolverhampton  fl  a 


8 5 2 1 9 4 17 
6 4 2 2 13  14  14 
fl  4 2 2 12  6 14 


Crystal  Mom  _ 83  1 1 lb  Ml 

Tratuncre  _ 8 4 1 3 11  9 18 

Ipnvioh-  .....  6 3 3 2 15  12  12 

OPR. 8 3 3 2 11  10  13 

ManCHy 840499  12 

WestBram.  _ 7 3 2 2 12  II  11 


OPR. 8 3 3 2 11  10  12 

ManCHy a 4 0 4 9 9 12 

WestBram.  _ 7 3 2 2 12  11  11 

Swindon 8 3 2 3 9 9 11 

ShoffUtd 6 3 1 1 12  9 10 

Huddersfield  ...  73  1 J ll  11  10 

Oxford  lltd B 3 1 4 11  3 10 

PmtsmOiilfi a 3 1 4 6 9 IO 

Bfcmimhsm  6 2 2 2 0 7 s 

[ Port  Vale  . 3 1 5 2 0 0 8 

Reading  . 8 2 1 5 10  20  7 

Chariton 7 2 1 4 6 8 7 

Southend 8 1 3 4 T 14  « 

Bradford  C B 2 0 6 6 14  8 

Grimsby 8 I 2 5 8 18  B 

Oldham 8 0 3 6 7 15  2 

CLP  JR- — ,(»|1  Swindon  — Mil 

Murray  77  CovreX 

Att  13.602 

Qveena  Parte  Rangers  Sommer.  Jackson 
Bremen  Barker.  McDonald  Plummer  1 Graham 
71).  Bracer.  Murray.  Otchlo.  Impey.  Srnclatf 
SuM  WM  usudl.  Roberts.  Clurlea 
Swindon  Town  Tails.  Demis  (Allen  47). 
ElMns  Lelirh  Seogravea.  Culver  ho  uso. 
Wallen  CSulIrvorv  Cowe.  Allison.  Horlock. 
Subs  (rwl  used)  Watson,  Finney. 

Referee  F Ra|er  fnpkinl. 

Reading 1O1I  OryatalPal 1218 

Morley  09  if«nl  Tulsa  27 

AIL  9.675  Freedman  37.  Muscal 

50 

DyorS6|penl 
Veart  56  Ndah  77 

Reading  MD  Iuiidv  Brown.  Bodln.  Habgrova 
Hinner.  McPherson.  GHRes  1 Good  mg  40). 
Pa  rumen  [Nogan  61)  Morley.  Quinn,  Mocker 
■ Lwnbenaii 

Crystal  Palace  Nosh.  Edworuty  Muscat 
Roberts.  TutHe  HopWn.  Andersen.  Houghton 
lOuim  731.  Freedman  (Hams  79).  Dyer  iNdah 
73).  Veart 

Referee  S Banned  iRadfafl]. 

Southend tOiO  Pori  Vole (OtO 

Aft-  4.Q25 

Sou  I bon  Cl  United  Roy  Co  Halls.  Dublin. 
M<7killy.  Harm  ILappor  001.  GtldeM  (Ndwn 
7J)  M.vsh.  Byrne.  Boete  I Rom  men  74( 
Wifliams.  TilEOn 

Perl  Vale  Van  Heuaden.  Hid.  Tankard.  Bogle 
(TalhOI  04).  Aspln.  Glover.  McCarthy.  Porter. 
Foyle.  MMs,  Guppy.  Sobs  I not  usedi.  Walker, 
Cmden 

Referee  M C Bailey  (Implnglon.  Cambridge). 

Gayle  4 1 Stewart  36 

Sheron  77. 85  Worthington  7 log) 

Ait  9.  147 

Stoke  Muggleion.  Ptcfcsdng.  Worthington. 
Sigurdsson.  Oreyer.  Devlin  (Keen  74). 
McMahon.  Wallace.  Gayte  Sharon.  Kuvanagh 
Sub*  | nor  used)  Macarl,  Da  Casta. 
Hodderefleld  Francis,  Jenkins,  Cowan. 
Bullock.  Slnratl  (CdUlns  I2i.  Gray.  Mokd 
(Edwards  64),  Burnell.  SlewarL  Payton. 
Utvrson  iRefd  45) 

Rotate*  CRWIhey  IGfoucester). 

Damme  — (1)2  8JJL  |2r3 

Aldridge 3 1 GlKierl  7 

Branch  75  Pmchksotda  12 

Alt  7.840  Groves  S9 

Trmipfrv  Rovers  Coyne,  Slovens.  Brannon. 
Higglrrs.  Teale.  O’Brien  (Mahon  74).  Momasay, 
Aldridge.  Cock,  Brandi.  BoneitL  Subs  |no( 
usedi' Jones.  Morgan 

Wwat  Brendcb  Alhlea  Crtcmon.  Holmes. 
Nicholson.  Sneekes.  Mardon,  Burgess, 
Hamilton.  Gilbert.  Peach  tool  Ho  (Donovan  75L 
Hunk  Groves  Suta  inofitsod).  Splnh.  Darby 
Iteferee  G Fronhlimd  iMIddleabtough) 


Wolves (0)1  Sheffield r0)2 

HtompsonB9lpen|  WhMe76 

Air  25  170  KatohouroBO 

Vfulireili—ptnm  Wndersra  Stovrell.  Srotlh, 
Fnmrun.  AUuns.  verms.  Richards.  Thompson, 
Cunca  (Wrtgtn  75).  Bull.  Roberta.  Osborn.  Suta 
I not  need)  Ferguson  Segora 
Sheffield  Melted  KnUy.  Ward  Hodgson 
Hutohtoon.  Vor*.  Soeckman.  WhKo.  Patterson, 
Tayfor,  sarbuck  (Kalrtiouro  56).  Whrtehouse. 
Sum  Ind  usodt  3andtbrtL  Tracey 
Referee  TLurk  ( Wigan). 

Second  Division 

Btecfcpooi  _ 1011  Shi  e wahry Khl 

Ell  to  76  Slovens  71 

Att  4.452 

Bteckpool  Banks.  Bryan.  Barlow.  Butter. 
Linlghan.  Brabm,  Bormer.  Mellon  Oulnn.  EJUs 
Pn  Upon.  Subs  Preoco.  Onwcro.  Dlum 
ITlvvwliw  1 Tnnn  Gan.  Seabury.  NeOaon  M 
Taylor  Spink-  Scan  Rourbotham.  Stovons. 
Anrnrobus,  Evans.  Berkley.  Subs'  L.  Taylor. 
Currie.  Dempsey 

Referee  K M Lynch  (KnaraaMrough) 

Bouraowitfi  - 10)0  Matte  Co  — 1 Hi 

Jones  40 

AFC  Bwwwnmrtto  Mardian.  Young.  Vlncem. 
ColL  Murray.  Bailey.  Holland  CoOeHII  Gordon 
Ftetoher.  O'Neill  Subs.  Watson.  Robmson 
Beardsmare 

Matte  Cnewty  Ward.  Wilder  Boradougb. 
Derry.  Murphy.  Hogg.  Kennedy.  RoOmson 
Atkina.  Jama.  Agono.  Subs.  Martindola. 
Wilkes.  Walker  Referee  G R Poo  toy  IB 

Stanford) 

Bristol  CHy  -.  12)4  W*ImB  11)1 

Goater  29. 44  Ughtboume  >6 

HewtaltTl  Ait  7.412 

GoodrldEn90 

Bristol  Ctty  Naylor.  Outers.  Barnard.  Edwards. 
Taylor.  Hsefen,  Goodndge.  Carey.  Agostim. 
Gootor. TWiksn  Subs;  NogenL  Seal.  Kuhl. 
Wrisril  Walker.  Mamurh.  Marsh,  Vlveash. 
Butler.  Mountfleld.  Blake.  Bradley 
Ughtboume.  Wtoon.  Watson  Subs:  K raster. 
FUchnns.  Plan  Iteteree  R J Harris  lOrtanli 

Bury ....  KDO  Luton  ...  - ..  imo 

Att  3588 

Bey  Krely.  West  Armstrong.  Dows.  BuDer. 
Jackson.  Hughes.  Johnson.  Jepson.  Johnroao. 

Carter  SuK  MMthews.  SmnL  Rigby 
Lotoa  Town  Fouer,  Jotnea.  Thomas.  Woddock. 
Davta  Johnson.  Hughes.  Alexander.  Oklfrekl. 
Foiladla.  Guentchav  Subs.  Shovrier.  Douglas. 
McLaren 

Referee  I G Cro&lhankS  (HanlapOPil 
CtlOTtariM  _ lOtO  Burnley |OlO 

Ate  5 529 

CheetarfleW  Mercer,  HeerltL  Rogers.  Curtis, 
winiumm.  Dyche.  Gaughun.  Devise.  Lormor. 
Howard.  Jules  Subs:  Perkiro.  BcoomanL  Law 
Berutey  Russell.  Parkinson.  Eyres.  Harrison. 
Wtestantey  Hoyiond.  Smith.  Bomes.  Nogart 
Brass,  Gleghom  Subs.  Webor.  Sean,  Overson. 
Iteteree  R Pearson  1 Durham). 

QBhrfcan.  (3)3  notheriiom Cut 

Onuara  13. 30. 36  Bowver  19 
Alt4.no 

r ■null  mi  Stamord.  Humphroy.  Chapmon, 
HessenthaAer.  Harris.  Bryoru  Smltti.  Retdl He. 
Onuara.  Butler.  PuBnam.  Subs  Pipor.  Ford. 
Bol  ley. 

Beteerham  United  Cherry.  Smith.  Hum 
Garner  Breckln.  Richardson,  Sandeman. 
Bowyer.  Berry.  Hayward.  Roscoe.  Suta. 
Fear  on.  Farrefly.  Jamas, 
fteferae  U E Plerco  iPortsmouthL 

P W D L P A Pta 

Brentford 8 6 2 D 16  6 20 

MIBevfcfl  8 S 2 1 16  9 IT 

Watford ^ 8 5 1 2 9 7 IB 

ChtatariMd......  8 5 1 2 6 4 IB 

Bey.  8 4 3 1 12  6 IB 

Burnley 8 * 1 3 10  9 13 

Crown  8 4 1 3 10  9 12 

Sbrowsbary 8 3 4 1 9 8 13 

Wrexham 7 3 1 111  9 U 

Blackpool 8 3 3 2 7 7 12 

PtyeKutb . 0 3 2 3 13  13  11 

Brietol Hovarra  ...  8 3 2 3 6 7 tf 

Bristol  City 8 3 1 4 IS  13  10 

Bnatgham 1 3 II  9 10  10 

Luton 8 3 1 4 7 12  10 

BomnernouBi. ..  0 3 0 5 8 10  B 

Pelerfaeraugh ....  7 1 S 1 10  10  8 

York  8 2 2 4 9 11  8 

MottaComrty. ....  7 2 2 3 6 7 8 

Stockport 8 2 2 4 6 8 8 

Preston 8 2 1 5 6 9 T 

Walsall 7 1 2 4 7 12  B 

Wysombe S 0 4 4 5 9 « 

ReBNifwm  B 0 Z 6 7 15  2 

HHBwafl  — — <0)2  Crewe ....(IHO 

Hudierbyas  Alt  9.320 

DalrDS 

MBhraB  Carter.  Doyle.  Hogan.  Newman.  : 
wider.  Webber.  Bowry.  Neill.  Crawford, 
Hucknrby.  Dnlr  Suta  MaMn.  Hwie.  Harney 
Orem  Alaiiakla  Taylor,  tins  worth , Smith. 
Wealwood.  Macaulay,  Whalley.  Rivers.  1 
Savage,  Adebota.  Murphy,  Barr.  Suta:  BUHng. 
Johnson.  LUk  ■ 

Reterwe  M FtetctarlWartey,  Wan  MMtamls). 

Plymouth (0)0  Bristol  H 10)1 

Att  0.879  Archer  78 

Piywulilh  Argtle  QrcfcbeMar.  Billy.  Win  lams.  ! 
Mauge,  Curran.  James.  Laodbnter.  Logan.  ' 
UMeiohn  Evans.  Bartow  Subs:  Saunders.  - 
Bladr  wen.  Conuzln 

■Hate*  Buvera  CollaiL  Martin.  Lockwood. 
Browning,  Clark.  Rower.  HoHoway.  Ourney. 
Cureun,  Archer.  Skinner.  Stta  Beadle.  Higgs. 
Miller.  Beteree  K A Leech  (Wolverhampton!  | 

Watford 10)0  Pshtbara  (OjO 

Alt  12.007  j 

Watford  Miller.  Gibbs.  Ludrten  Parnier. 
Mlllen.  Page.  Dazeley.  Anhewa,  Whtta.  Porter. 
Mooney.  Suta  Johnson,  Fonrtce.  Ramage. 
Iteterbmuuuli  United  SbeUMd.  BooHrroyd. 
Drury.  O’Connor.  Heold.  Welsh.  Ebdon.  Payne. 
Rowe,  Cttartory,  BKHngun.  Sober  GriKHta, 
Spearing.  Houghton. 

Iteteree  SJ  Baines  (ChesterltofcfJ. 

Wrexham  — (D)1  Prostate  . IDIO 
Phillips  70  AIC5J299 

Wtaak—  Morrloh.  McGregor.  Brace.  PfiHkps. 
Humes.  Cerey.  Chalk  RusseH.  Connolly. 
Cross.  Ward . Subs.  Jones.  Owen.  WatUn. 
Preston  North  Bm d Minims.  Kay.  Barrtck, 
Ranklne.  Wilcox.  Kidd.  Darey.  AshcrolL 
Savllle.  Hall.  Kllbane  Subs:  Atkinson, 

McDonald.  Squires 
■tatarao  D Laws  IWh  May  Bay|. 

Wycombe  _ (0)0  Brentford (1)1 

Att  5.330  Bent  4 

WfyoaadM  Wntersn  Parkin.  Cousins.  Ball. 
McCarthy,  Evans,  Lawrence,  CairoH.  Brown. 
De  Souza.  McGavta.  Forma  Subs:  Mahoney- 
Jolrnsan.  Crasstay,  Sklverton. 

Brantford  Dearden.  Hiadto.  Anderson.  Ashby- 
Baum.  Canbam,  Asabo.  Smith.  Forster.  Bent 
Teykjr.  Suta.  McGhee.  Fernandes.  Abrahams. 
RetarM  M J Brand  wood  (Uchflold) 


York  ■■ , 1 0)1  Stockport— (0(3 

Totoon47  AngedSB.  51 

AIE3061 

York  CRy  Warrington.  McMdUm.  Hlmswortb. 
Pepper  Sharplea.  Barras.  Murry.  RendaH. 
Totoon.  Bod.  Stephenson  Suta  AMi.  BushoB, 

1 Cresawall. 

Stockport  Ceonty  Jones.  Cortnady.  Tedd. 

. BermelL  Rymt.  Garmon,  Durian.  Mmden. 
AngeJI.  Armstrong  Jeffers.  Suta  London. 
Dinning  Cavaco 

Referae  W C Bin  ns  I Scarborough}. 

Third  Division 

Barnet 1 1)3  Exwtar KUO 

Devlno22.47.7e  An- 2.020 
< Barnet  Taylor  Gale.  McDonald.  CcCnor. 
Primus.  Howartn.  Rattray.  BrazA  Wilson. 
Devine.  Pardee  Subs*  TamUnson.  Campbell. 
Brady 

Exeter  cay  Bam.  McConnell.  Hughes. 
Myers.  Blake.  Ouyle.  Chamberlain.  Hodges. 
Branhwaffe.  Sharpe  Fleck.  Subs  Dully. 
Richardson.  Steele 

Referae  J P Rob)  naon  (North  HumtnfSide  I. 

Brighton (1)2  Torquay <212 

Baird  14  Baker  2D 

Minton  61  McCall  27 

Air  4.089 

Brighton  ft  Haw*  Albion  ormstod.  Smith. 
Storar,  McGjrmglo,  Johnson.  Hotaoa  M fatten. 
Pruao  BUUrO  Mundee.  McDonald.  3ota  S. 
Fol  M.  Fox.  Andrews. 

Torquay  united  Nowland,  Mitchell.  Barrow. 
McCall.  Gillens.  Watson.  Oawoy.  Netsoa 
Baker,  Ndah.  S lamps  Sabs:  Hancoi. 
Hjshuway.  Hawthorne 
Reteree  H Styles  (Waterloovlllel. 

CtenhrtdB*  _ (0)2  Sonrboro 11)1 

Richards  78  MltcneDW 

Benjamin  B2  Att  2.387 

Cambridge  United  Barren,  Joseph.  GranvUla, 
Thompson.  Craddock.  Richards.  Raynor,  Hyde. 
McGiefch  Barnwell.  Beall.  Subs:  Waniees.  Son 
Mkguel.  Beniamin. 

Scarboroogb  Ironside.  Knowles.  Lucas. 
Bonnes.  Hicks.  Rockett  McEilralton  Brooke. 
Meeheil.  Bocnenski.  Williams.  Suta:  Hanby. 
Mowbray,  Sunderland 
Itefarae  N S Barry  < Scunthorpe). 

Cardiff i1)2  Mortfmpta [0(2 

Pnilliakirk  10  Hooper  87 

Middleton  S3  Huruar  89(p*n) 

Att  4.124 

Cardiff  City  Elliott.  Rodger  ion.  Lloyd. 
Eckhantt  Perry.  Young.  Middleton.  Cridtott 
Whde.  Daht  PMUishlrk.  Subs:  Jarman.  Fonder. 
Bennea. 

Noribenptoa  Town  Woodman.  Oj risen. 
Hrirdcr.  Snmpson.  O'Shea.  Rennie.  Peer. 
Parrish.  Hooper  While.  Grayson.  Subs. 
Maddtoon  Cotton.  Gibb. 

Referee  F Sliettanl  Nottingham). 

Carftste nil  DarOngton  __(0)O 

Conwsyfl  Att  5.70) 

Carlisle  United  Caig.  Edmondson. 
ArchdeJcorv.  Walling.  Vjrly.  Pormewalcby. 
Thomas.  Conway.  Reeves.  Hayward.  Currie. 
Suta  Drlap.  Peacock.  Kerr 
Darlington  Newell.  Brutnwell.  Barnard. 
Partner.  Crosby.  Grogan.  Odver.  Adunsoiv 
RcCUHts.  Bloke  Caras  Subs  innes.  Brydan. 
holly. 

■teterao  U Remue  (Sheffield). 

Charter  — |tgl  Sc*thofpo 1010 

Fisher  17  Att  1.901 

Cl  rental  City  Knowles.  Davidson,  Weber. 
Richardson.  Jackson.  Alslord.  Fhci-iutt  PricsL 
Rimmer.  Milner  NoMman  Subs:  Cbehnn. 
Murphy.  Rogers 

SouRttrorpe  United  Samwxya.  Hope.  WUson. 
Soil  ore  Knlll.  Bradley.  Houaham.  Gavin.  Dunn. 
Eyro.  Clarkson  Subs'  Paterson.  Jnriaon. 
Walsh.  Heforae  B Codrington  (Slurnk'ld). 

P W D L f A Pt» 

FWmn - B 6 0 2 12  MB 

Wigan  8 5 2 I 18  B IT 

Cmflata 8 5 2 1 10  4 17 

IU 8 4 A 0 8 4 18 

Cheater 8 4 2 2 12  8 14 

Cambridge  Utd ..  8 4 2 2 11  10  14 

Cmdiff . . 8 4 2 2 8 7 14 


York  8 2 2 4 9 11 

Notts  Comity  -.  7 2 2 3 6 7 

Stockport 8 2 2 4 6 B 


Cambridge  Utd  . 8 4 2 2 11  10  14 

Cardiff . . 8 4 2 2 8 7 14 

Torquay 8 3 3 2 10  7 12 


Layton  Orient. 
Dvflngtan .. 


a 3 3 : 7 4 12 

B 3 2 3 13  10  11 


Leyton  O Idl  Cotohaatar (DJI 

CTisurvngffi  BemadSt 

Alt  5,25* 

Lay ten  Orient  Sealery . Handon.  Naylor. 

Caapman.  A.  Moran.  Amato  D Moran.  Uog. 
Henson  West.  CMmung-  Sabs:  Kelly.  Oarlace. 
Ayormoe 

Ci4i  havtar  UMtod  Entorun.  Dunno.  Bees. 

McCarthy.  Oreeee.  Cawley . Locke.  Refantt  Fry . 

Adcock.  Wilkins.  Subs.  Whltton.  Dugurd 
Gregory. 

Hatareo  M Halsey  (Wotwyn  Garden  City] 

Wigan (Oil  llncokn rC.O 

Lancastnra  52  Alt  3334 

Wigan  suite  Be  L.  Buder.  Carragher.  Jabnsort 
GreeneH.  Pender  MVJml  Lbwe.  Jones. 
Ltetcastae.  Biggms  Sharp  Subs:  J.  Better. 
Kiribv.  Diar. 

■Jacobs  ctty  Richardson.  Hoboes.  Wtusaey. 
Hon.  G Brpwa  Austtn.  Ainsworth.  Fleming 
Bos.  Merttn.  AteKJe.  Suta  5 Brawn.  Secmv 
kTnett 

Batorwa  S W MaSuesras  fStodtocrtj. 

BELLS  SCOTTISH  LEAGUE 

Pram  tor  DMsfoa 

Absrdeeri  _ iCjO  Mtbemtao i'r2 

Att  tz 500  O.Jacksan«4 

Wtigm«9 

Aberdeen  Walker.  McKunmie  iRearaon  73). 
Tzvetenov.  Yeung.  Irwin*.  Kcrafccuarv.  Ocinaid 
IKpedekpo  52).  CcSJs.  Shearer.  Kinskcv. 
Wsodtharpe.  SuDlnct  mwr  Gram 
Wbanden  Leighton.  Miner.  Caw.  Mrllen.  DodS. 
WelfJ).  Schmugge  (C  Jackson  TD).  Wdkfta. 
Wright.  D Jackson  (Harper  00).  McGmbry  Sub 
1 not  used)  McAilrsler. 

Reterae  E Martmdale  tNewlands) 

Cettic - (3}S  Paarinsdhia 10)1 

Codeia  32  Brown  65 

aCanN>35.<1  Att:  SO  032 

Van  Hooydonk  72. 

09 

CetSo  Marshall.  Bcytt  MocKay.  McNamara. 

Hughes.  Wieghorct  (McLaughlin  777.  Dr  Come 
I Anthony  74)  O'Ned.  Van  Haoyttxik.  DsmeD). 
Cadete.  Sab  tncl  usodt  Gray 
DntfannHoe  Attatetic  Westwaur.  Miller 
Firm  mg  (Millar  751.  Con  Bieman.  Tod.  (Sark, 
French  I Bingham  69)  Robertson.  5miffi 
Britton.  Petrie  Subtnctosedi  Lamaiic. 

Referee  G Clyde  IBearsdael 

Hearts KD1  HothorwraB [9)1 

Wafa-50  ArnohJE 

Alt  I0JQ2 

Karate  Roussrt.  Weir.  NaysmKh.  McManus. 
McPheraan.  Thom  IkJaCkjy  58).  Cokpuiora 
Bruno.  Thomas  rRoberbon  65)  Camraoa. 
McCann  Sob  (no)  usadF  RksMbl 
Muthen—  Howie.  May.  McStumoimg  (Bums 
45).  Van  Dar  Gaag.  Mornrv.  Hass  [McCottoch 
75).  Wienart.  Dolan.  Amott  Falconer.  Davies 
Sob  inoi  used)  McCai*. 

Iteferae  A Roy  1 Aberdeeni 

Kbnmk — nil  Hratgora >04 

Retffy  19  Gascoigne  68  I pen).  1 

76 

Att  14812  Van  UossenpA.EF 

Rborawock  Lrtsvic.  MarPheracn.  Anderaon. 
RelUy.  VVhflworth.  MsGowne.  UiachaQ.  Hdtt 
Wright  McIntyre.  McKee  (Brown  0G).  Subs  (net  1 
used)'  hlcctpamnrlB.  Burke. 

Itangraa  Qcnun.  Macre.  Alberts.  Gough. 
Pvtnc  (Van  Vosaan  34).  Bjoridund.  Dune. 
Gescoipie.  Ctehtnd.  McCall  I Ferguson  48). 
Loitdrop  Sob  (nor  used)- Mdimes. 

HaCane  R Tart  (East  Kitbr reel 

BaHh — ilia  PundaoU-^— .0)2 

Taylor  5. 60  McSwegan2 

Twaddle  86  Hannah  30 

Arc  SJJ77 

fMfltGefldes.  Kirk.  Bonar.  h'nvttkapie.  Deems. 
Kirkwood  (Twaddle  77).  Taylor.  Miliar.  Duff  let  d. 
Lennon.  Rangier.  Subs  <not  used)-  McColkrcf- 
Harvay. 

Pnadea  Uhilted  Marwofl.  Bowman.  Shanncn. 
Pressley.  Perry.  Bemiafcnr.  Wiracrs  (McOmiken 
83).  Johnson  (Coyle  60t.  McSwogan.  Hannah 
McLaren.  Sob  (nor  inrafl  McKumon. 

Beferwa  G R Altaen  (Durntries). 


" — * ■ Ayr—  ■ HI* 

FlamganEOfpe')  EnjpraB  15 

Att  van  niamsanaa 

Iteferwe  J Fteavrg . Staxgrw) 

TDanhrmr  _ '2)0  Uab»gaM«« |S4> 

tear 

Mrate  w assia  >c3-.'iScrgh> 

ypim-— ICO  Ctyda  ism 

AC5S 

Iteferwe  J A Kraj^J -Neven  Uearas; 

P W 3 L F A Pta 
liekMiamn S 5 ■ C *2  S IB 

IbS 6 4 7 1 12  4 18 

Ayr 8 2 2 1 14  8 11 

Queen  of  South . 6 3 t 2 9 8 IO 

Clyde 6 2 1 3 6 8 T 

■^irirtt^-IlT.  6 3 1 4 82*  4 

Brechftt 6 = 3 3 3 0 2 

Third  Division 

Albion {£1  Mia  .10)1 

WaSurr  71  McCcrmack  90 

AS  992 

Referee  I M Fyta  IdLJSgsw. 

Ccrarrinbth  _ tZO  Ron  Co !S»1 

Att:  308  AsamsSSlpeei 

Reterae  K E Tonor . 3^*30.' 

LStbflpg  — 'SI  ■tebo"  — >’r* 

, mraa  tty  75  McGiasnaa  3= 

A St  3T  7ay(cf54  .kU.ler5rt 

I teltaraa  tf  A Cur* . garibciglf. 

Porter  - :?;1  Arbrorth 1 til 

Httnevexu-.ec  Pew  1 

Att  60S 

KrterweSDcusa)  Bjmsaie; 
bwnasCTh  . -r,2  CktaamPk M* 

SiewvtZi  Daren  S3 

OnvbuTB  ZrtSI 

Att  1413 

Referee PCit  'Kiaarchan- 

P W Z L F A Pta 
ABdott 6 4 2 0 9 2 14 


UHfBOND  LEAGUE 

B Auckland 2 WlmsfordU. 


. NarOopOOl  -.  — . 8 3 2 3 B 9 11 

Scarborough. 8 2 4 2 11  ID  10 

Bamat.._ 8 2 4 2 0 4 1O 

Scunthorpe 8 3 1 4 6 10  10 

; Swan— a 8 3 0 5 11  IS  S 

Brighton S 2 2 4 9 M B 

Colchester 8 15  2 7 9 8 

Lincoln B 2 2 4 7 11  8 

Exeter.... — B 2 2 4 7 12  8 

Northampton ...  8 1 4 3 10  10  7 

Hereford 8 2 1 5 5 9 T 

Mansfield 8 1 4 3 4 9 7 

Rochdale  8 1 3 4 5 10  B 

Dowtrastar 8 1 2 5 6 10  9 

Doncaster  _ (010  Tlirwmn  (1)1 
Ait  1.391  Psrmay45 

Doocaater  Down  Williams.  Larmour.  Clerk. 
Moors.  Gore.  Built  mom.  SclioaeM,  McDonald. 
Dhon.  Lastsr,  Birch.  Sobs:  Murphy,  Hayrathn. 
Pleerco. 

Iwaneee  CHy  Freestone.  Ampadu.  Edwards. 
Walker.  McGibbon.  Jones.  Jenkins.  Penney. 
McDonald.  Coates,  Thomas  Subs  Heggs. 
AotHeby.  Lacey.  Referae  C Foy  (St  Helens  1. 

FWam 10)1  —afield 1112 

Morgan  B9  Ramey  39 

Att  5.740  Harper  B0 

tehra  Walton.  WMsan,  Herrera.  CuBIp. 
Cusack.  Blake.  Fraaman.  Cockoriff.  Conroy. 
Morgan.  Angus  Sabo:  Scon.  McAraa.  Broaker. 
■teiuHrilf  Town  Bowling.  Sherlock  HackatL 
Eustace.  Dooton.  WaMsS.  3vdgrnnora.  Wfahrar. 
Sale.  Hadley.  Kart.  Subs:  HaIRwelL  Harper. 
Wood  Refer—  A Bales  (Bloke-on-TranD- 

llareford  — {1)8  ffncbdala HQO  1 

Matron  29  Ait  2. 135 

Hargreaves  53  1 

Foster  04 

Hereftfatl  Unftod  De  BonL  Downing,  Hibbard. 
Smith.  Brough.  Sutton.  Pitmen.  Gtokw.  Foster. 
Harrjraa.es  Mahon  Subs'  Townsend,  Bratton.  1 
Praedy  1 

floebdate  Gray.  Fsnsoma,  Bayttea.  Johnson.  1 
Hill.  Farrell.  Brown.  Deary.  Leonard.  Raaaell,  I 
Stuart  Suta  Ttampson.  WhltahaD.  Oouric. 
Referee  D Pugh  IWh  rad). 

HuB (111  Hartlepool (0)0 

Darby  5 Atta.BM 

Hn9  CSty  Carroll.  TravtO.  Rtocft,  AlHaon 
WrighL  Brim.  Joyce.  Donee).  Darby.  Poneock. 
aulgiay  Suta  MaritaM.  Wilson.  Brown. 
Hrattapool  United  Pears.  Ingram.  McAulsy. 
Dovles.  Barron,  MeOonaJd.  Allan,  Cooper, 
Howard.  Hall  May,  Beech.  Subs.  Lee.  Htalep, 
Clegg. 

ftefer—  C T finch  (Bury  St  Edmunds) 


9 

W 

D 

L F A Pta 

WeMog— — .U!* 

Telford  _ 

6 

G 

0 

0 15  3 18 

LaKro  12 

Page  22 

6 

5 

1 

0 21  6 18 

Derma  47io«U 

Atrsee 

6 

3 

2 

1 15  7 11 

Wofckog lira 

Rnfadw 

6 

3 

1 

2 5 7 IO 

wonarftagieiii.sft 

6 

1 

4 

18  6 7 

60  Ipen) 

wakmie 

6 

2 

1 

3 6 12  T 

JcnwM 

Bailey  70 

6 

1 

3 

2 0 14  a 

Att  2.768 

KBmaraock ....  . 
ItaBfa 


6 1 1 4 a 16  4 

6 1 0 S S 15  4 


Dundee  Utd 6 0 1 5 4 9 1 

SCOTTISH  LEAGUE 
First  Division 

Afatkrie (2)4  Partlcfc 13)4 

Cooper  10,73  (pent  Mou31,7 
McPhea41.Bg  Henderion43 

Air  1.997  Adams  53 

Referee  J A Young  (Thor  nllebanh). 

Clydebank -.0)2  StJetaiatn foil 

Teals 43  074011140 

Grady  88  Ate  1.500 

Referee  W S G Young  iciwkston). 

Dundee  (1)2  East  Rte (OjO 

RaesMe41  Att2511 

HomUM)72 

Iteteree  OH  Sfanpeon  iPetarhsad). 

Mritag  A <111  Morton  ——11)3 

QRnonSB  Flannery  3 

Alt  1834  L Bey  56 

Undbary  74 

Refer—  I Taytor  (Ertkiborglr). 

RlkiMi— ino  FrtWrfc (0)1 

Alt  4.123  McQrtDsnOT  (peril 

Refer— J D K Smith  (Troon). 

P W □ L F A Pta 

Q Horton 8 4 1 1 ID  4 18 

Dundee 6 3 2 1 6 3 11 

St  Johnstone — 5 3 1 1 10  3 IO 

Frtkbfc 8 3 1 2 4 2 10 

dyriobteJt 6 3 1 2 6 8 10 

Airdrie 5 2 Z 1 7 6 8 

StbBng 8 1 2 3 4 7 S 

MMbien 8 1 1 4 8 8 4 

Pbrtkdc 8 0 4 2 6-9  4 

■bat  Ft** B 0 3 3 2 11  8 

Second  DMsian 

Bererialt  _ IRS  thvntirrton  — (0)1 

Grant  35  Ward  76 

Craig  66  Att3» 

Trtatatei 

Redet— T Bream  (Edinburgh). 

Brechin (OtO  Hamilton (1)2 

Att  407  McIntosh  23 

Mean  48 

Refsies  K R Btaraei  (Inventess). 


P W D L r A Pto 

Stem— ge 10  7 1 2 22  11  22 

Slough II  6 2 2 24  14  20 

KMdennbistor  _ 11  6 2 3 19  10  20 

MeoclerHeld 10  5 4 ) 17  5 IB 

Southport 10  5 3 2 11  6 IB 

He— ford.——  9 J 4 1 15  8 10 

Woking 10  4 4 2 14  13  18 

Farnborough — 9 4 2 3 12  9 14 

Telford 11  4 2 5 6 II  14 

Altrincham 11  3 5 3 13  16  14 

Northvricfa 10  4 2 4 7 12  14 

Doeer 10  3 4 3 14  14  13 

•tattering 10  3 3 4 13  12  12 

Moreoranbe 9 3 3 3 13  12  12 

Qato  ahead 9 3 2 4 16  16  11 

HaRtax 10  3 2 5 IS  20  11 

WeOng 9 3 1 5 14  IS  10 

Rushden AD 10  2 4 4 14  21  10 

Braoaagrn— 11  3 0 8 9 16  9 

Kay— 9 1 5 3 7 10  8 

Bath 9 2 2 5 12  17  8 

StalybrMge 10  1 3 8 8 19  8 

H-W  COUNTIES  LEAOUEk  Fbet  Ote- 
lateni  Burscougti  5 Atherton  Collieries  1; 
Darwen  1 Gloasop  North  End  Z.  Eastwood 
Hanley  4 Si  Helens  Tn  1:  Hcriher  Old  Boys  1 
Newcastle  Tn  3:  Mess  ley  0 CliZheroe  0; 
Penrith  5 Chaddenon  0;  Ptbscot  1 Black- 
pool Rovers  t.  Rossendale  United  0 Maine 
Road  2;  Saltord  CHy  4 Bootle  2;  Tralford  L 
KkJsgrove  AllUetk:  L 

FCDCRATION  BREWERY  NORTHERN 
LEAGUE!  nrat  PMetom  Cheater  Le 
Street  1.  EaWngton  l;  Crook  Tn  2.  Stockton 
2;  Durham  C 2.  Consetl  1;  Guteborough  Tn 
2.  Morpeth  Tn  1;  Murton  3.  Whlckham  1: 
FfTM  Newcastle  1.  Bedlingtan  Ter  2;  Sea- 
ham  RS  3.  Shlldan  3:  Tow  Law  Tn  4.  South 
Shields  K W Auckland  2.  Durrs  ton  Fed  3: 
Whitby  Tn  3.  Billing  ham  Syn  2. 

NORTHERN  COOKT1S5  EAST  LKAGUEz 
teender  DbWg*  ArmDiorpe  Wei  4. 
MaJtby  MW  J;  Helper  Tn  2.  Llversedge  0;  1 
Brlgg  Tn  6.  AahneW  Utd  2;  Hucknall  Tn  1. 
HaffieM  Main  4;  N Fern  by  Utd  2.  Hallam  1.  I 
Ossen  Alb  T.  Pickering  Tn  5 Ponie tract 
Cots  2.  Arnold  Tn  1;  Selby  Tn  2.  Ossen  Tn 
1:  Sheffield  0.  Glosshoughton  Wei  3: 
Ttncldey  3.  Denaby  Uld  6. 


Knowxley 

Eknley 

Cotwyn  Bey 


Chariey 

Fricfcfey-  

unrated  Utd..  . 


17  6 8 
2 6 6 8 


(me 6 2 12 

■ E 2 3 1 

me— CTb-  8 2 2 2 

■r 6 2 1 

oetb C 1 4 

Corwrty £ 2 C 

rate  Park—  6 T 3 


OM  VAUXHALL 
CONFERENCE 

Altawham  _ -.fO  Khtoaistr  (111 
Att  M3  DchurtyrS 

Franfmre A*  Hmcmb ClZ 

Bcctha4C.C7  NoraionK 

Att  770  JrtfcSSnE? 

Oxtarh— ri  — • M Dovor (2i8 

Horfeta  73  Cotas  17 

AtteZZ  StrtasJI 

TlteCdscsSO 

Hey— -2.0  Halifax (OiO 

Att  5?: 

Kettering <ff.O  Saadvort |in 

A=  l-S-S  Ba»ycpcr121 

Micrirlflrl  - :?.2  Both £'2 

Power  SI  Yi.tte/27 

W>Tl«me  75  Penny  34 

AS  1.C97 

Sloagh TJ(  Hednexfd ...  (PS 

Stoptom  a 0‘Csraw  16 

INaxtEl  Street  50 

Att  1.123 

Statybrdge  _ ICIO  Nerttnrioh  — . (HI 

AS;  701  DUfy2S 

Mi  renege  _ HJG  Bromagruw t8)0 

Erawne£.ai 
Att2J56 
Hoyles  7H 


Brenlev  - 5 

Caranaffon  — ■■  ■ 1 
Chansei  Town  — 1 

Gag&Rea  — 3 

SutMCh  ..  1 

Grays 2 

Hendon 3 

•* 

Kingsterian 3 

Ccc-aCty  — ■■  ■■  1 
StAlbras  1 

YeovH. 

Sutton  Utd 


■ereham  Wood 


KbieateRten 8 3 0 S 15  15  9 

ParflaeL. 7 3 0 4 9 13  8 

Stein— 7 3 0 4 a 13  9 

Httchin  8 3 0 5 12  18  9 

Ayieeb—y. . _ 722387  B 

CarahaMm  _.  — 8 2 2 4 7 10  9 

Harrow  Borough  7 2 1 4 12  14  7 

Graye 7 2 1 4 9 11  7 

Oxford  CHy 7 2 1 4 13  16  7 

Hendon  7 l 2 4 9 12  5 

B Stanford 7 T 2 4 7 13  S 

Chert— y Town..  7 1 2 4 9 16  S 

First  DMstam  Abingdon  Town  0 Che- 
sham  United  1.  AJaersnoi  Town  S WTtyto- 
leale  2:  Banon  Ravers  2 Leyton  Pennant  1: 
Rosingstcke  Town  1 Tooling  A Mitcham 
United  C:  Beridtamsied  Town  2 Males uy  1; 
Crcydan  1 Wokingham  Town  2:  Hampton  2 
Utbndge  2‘  Maidenhead  United  0 Billeri- 
ca/ Town  1-  Marlow  2 Canvey  Island  1: 
Walton  * Hersnam  3 Bognor  Regis  Town 

0 Worthing  1 Thame  United  4.  Second 
Phrieton:  Bed  lord  Town  0 MenopolHan 
Police  0;  Bracknell  Town  1 ChaKonl  si 
Peter  i;  Collier  Row  & Romford  4 Wtven- 

j hoe  Town  0;  Dorking  0 Wmasor  S Eton  2; 
Edgware  Town  2 Leatheriwad  3;  Egham 
Town  0 Barsteod  Athletic  4:  Leighton 
Town  5 Hemei  Hempstead  ft  Tilbury  t 
Cneshunt  2.  Ware  0 Horsham  1:  Wembley 

1 Barking  2:  Witham  Town  2 Hungerlord 
Town  □ Third  DtvWon;  Braintree  Town  3 
Southall  ft  Camber  ley  Town  0 Lewes  T: 
Epsom  & Ewell  1 Kingsbury  Town  1:  Flack- 
well  Heath  0 Areley  7.  Harlow  Town  5 
Wingate  8 Finchley  3.  Herttord  Town  5 
East  Thurrock  United  1 : North  wood  4 Horn- 
church 0:  Tring  Town  0 Wealdstone  3. 

DR  MARTENS  LEAGUE 
Premier  Division 

ABtertt— 1 Ashford  Town  — — 1 


OkMto— ter  CUy 
On— ley  Rovers . 


Sudbury  Tn 

Nun— ton 

Cranbridge  CHy 

Has Unge 

Athera tone 

BridocfcTn 

Ashford  Town.. 
Crawiey  Town . . 
Worn— ter  CHy. 

Merthyr 

SttUngboume 

Chobnrtord 

00—1)0*1— 

King*  Lynn 


P W D L F A Pta 

| Irak  Town I ' I 031  f H 

1 Btyth  Spartans  i S 2 11!  4 17 

80— a n Uld 8 4 3 1 17  7 18 

HydoUtd 8 4 3 1 13  5 IS 

Barrow 8 4 2 2 12  10  1* 

I Marino 6 4 1 3 8 12  18 

8 Auckland - 7 3 3 7 14  8 12 

Cateobomngb  6 4 0 2 10  6 12 

«p— wy— f 9 3 3 3 13  li  12 

Wtttoo  AR> 9 2 5 2 7 7 11 

Anoon 8 2 4 2 6 9 IO 

Lancaster 7 3 1 3 9 11  10 

Knowxloy 7232108  9 

Bnloy 7 2 2 3 10  11  8 

Cotwyn  Bay  B 2 2 4 7 11  8 

rinla.lvy 7 2 1 4 8 11  T 

A Starter  7 2 1 4 9 13  7 

AHraton  Town . 8 1 4 3 7 12  T 

Chariay 6 2 I 5 10  17  7 

Fricfcfey-.  7 1 3 3 9 12  8 

Wfctftertl  Utd  . . 8 \ 3 4 7 12  8 

Branber  Bridge.  7 1 2 4 7 16  S 

Burton 8 1 2 5 4 IB  8 

Find  Division:  Bradford  pa  2.  Great  Har- 
wood Tn  i;  Curran  Ashton  0.  Atherton  Lfi 
1-  Orcylsden  1.  Parsley  Celtic  2;  Eastwood 
Tn  1.  Warrington  Tn  0:  Fllxfon  1.  Lincoln 
Urs  1;  Harrogate  Tn  2.  Ashton  Utd  2;  Leigh 
1 Stccks&ndge  PS  1-  Netoerfieid  0.  Rad- 
diffa  Bor  1.  Ytlutley  Bay  0.  Coagieton  Tn  ft 
wcriangicn  3.  Manoek  Tn  4:  Worksop  In  1 
uretr.a  1. 

ICiS  LEAGUE 
Premter  Division 


i:  Grantham  Tn  3.  Eveefam  m 
ley  Tn  1.  Dudley  Tn  ft  Btaata,  T q 
Warwick  ft  Mom  Gm  rii^ 

Pagei  Rngra  1.  Redtfltch  LwTrJ^I; 
Tn  1.  Bedwraih  Utd  X EteteiC 

Town  2;  Erttti  & Beb^O  Rww? 
Rafter  AMwic  London  S Farehom  fan  3 
Forest  Green  3 WstertoovSt 
Town  2 deration  To— TltotataTw? 
ney  Town  4;  Mowoart  LOW  1 Smlordt 
Trowbridge  Town  1 Boekkigta^Si 
Wmon-S-Mars  3 TontakteTAnrata  7. 
weymoidi  3 artetWlta^Tv.i 
Town  OSt  Leonente  1.  “ 


LEAGUE  OF  WALES 


leading  1 
Bcrenam  wood  2 
Em, old  1 
StauwaO 
Neybridge  3 
AymburyP 
SKiontanl  1 

Harrow  Bor  4 
Yeovil  3 
Purfleel2 
Sutton  Utd  1 

P W D L F A Pta 

8 6 1 1 14  6 19 

7 5 2 0 19  12  17 

7 5 1 1 14  9 18 

6 4 1 1 9 3 19 

7 4 0 3 15  W 18 

7 3 3 1 IS  10  18 

6 4 0 2 11  10  IS 

7 3 2 2 13  8 11 

7 3 S 2 12  9 11 

7 3 1 3 9 13  ID 

8 3 0 S IS  15  9 

7 3 0 4 9 13  9 

7 3 0 4 B 13  9 

8 3 0 5 13  18  9 

7 2 2 3 6 7 B 

8 2 2 4 7 10  9 


. 'P«u  FA  Pts 

Conwy.- 7 .8  0.  T a 2 in 

farter  Cebte-TW..  7 8 Q T » s 18 

Newtown 7 8.1.  1.18  S ia 

Casmrafpn  Th_  7 ft- 9- a TO  Sis 

Perttenratog 7.  ft  0,312  Bit 

Camass  Bay 7 3 2 2 12  a n 

Barry  Town .4  ;3.  1 .0  TO  0 10 

tewdrtOray.  0 3 V 2 .14-11  fo 

Too  Paatre 7 3 1 3 11  n 10 

Ebbw  Vale 8 3 0 ' 3 S 4 g 

UteiaantHlrid..  7 2.3  2 14  14  8 

C—ttfarasL. 6 3 0 310  11  • 

Banger  CSty 8 3 0 3 8 B a 

WaWipool  - 0 2:  2 7 8 10  8 

FRnt  Town 8 2 2 2 T 9 8 

Caerewa T 1 2 4 7 tt  s 

Crainarthan  Tk..  8 3 1 .4  8 IS  4 

BW 6 T o'f  -.’l'g  a 

Briton  Ferry — ..  6 1 O S'  t D a 


Tea  P— Ire 
EbbavVate. 


Aberystwyth. 


7 D 2.5  7 U 
7 0 1 8 ft' 17 


world  eupi  yramiarai  nrWhtiiu. 
QroapSbo  Slovakia  ft  Mate  ft-.  . 
s-e  commas  uuuob  fm  oMte 

Arsenal  0 Wofford  1;  Charftoo  Aft  2 Ax» 
mouth  1;  Chelsea  1 Ipswich  Ta  2 GSSng- 
ham  1 Cambridge  Unltad  1:  lUteM  1 Tsk 
Ian  ham  Hotspur  3.  Norwich  CHy  3 am  t 
Southend  Utd  1 Futham  1;  Wort  H— 
United  3 Leyton  Orient  3.  DMnon  Two: 
Brendord  1 Bomet  ft  Brighton  3 Bom» 
mouth  2 Bristol  CHy  1 Wycombe  1;  Bristol 
Rvrs  2 Wimbledon  1;  CoUnatsr  Utd  1 
Oxford  Utd  ir  Luton  Tn  0 Crystal  Palace  L 
Reading  2 Swindon  ft-Softenapton  2 Tot- 
tenham 0. 

SUN  LIFE  GOLD  CUSH  teed—  8i  Cru- 
saders 2.  Ba Hymens  1;  Lame  L Auto  2. 
Sectiaa  C:  Carrtck  3.  dfftonvffte  t;  Omrafi 
Tn  1,  Otentorantt  VartktaDiBsflydarel. 
Linheld  3;  Glenavtxt  7.  Dtoffttsiy  0.- 
WOMCtTS  PROIBI  UEAOMEt  Haifa— | 
DhWon  Arsenal  4.  Ilkeston  To  ft  Croy- 
don 2.  EvarUtt  2;  Doncattsr  Brita*  ft  Ha- 
waii 1:  Southampton  1,  Urapooi  FC  8 
Tranmere  Rov  1.  Wembley  l 
Leading  goelaaorerx  (tola)):  FA  Cxb| 
Plmtertfdpr  10  RnmW  (MkUteS- 
broughl.  T Wright  (Araanait  9 FerdMBxi 
(Nevtcosllei.  NaBui—lde  Laagose  first 
a vision:  a Sharon  (Stoke),  Mdriffga 
(Tranmere).  7 Stales  iSetoift  tepkffi 
(Crystal  Palace):  Stewart  (HuddendMkft.  8 
Jpmson  (Oxford  Utd):  Mamloitca 
(Grimsby).  S Bull  (Wotvertiofniitoai:  Hmt . 
(W— l Bromi:  Adams  (Norwich).  Naytor 
(Port  Vale).  Second  DMatara  7 Nogm 
(Bumloyi.  Wilkinson  (Prsoton).  8 Asabk 
fBrenttord);  Stevens  (SfafewrtNffyRPfitob 
fYork)  s Carter  (Bury);  FMdiar  (Bocnw- 
mouth).  Gaoler  (Bristol  0;  Totsoo  (Ycrt) 
Hdrd  Chid—  8 Jones  (Mfigant  Cnaroy 
(Fulham):  LancashlfB  (Wlganj.  7 Roberts 

I Darlington).  6 Baker  (ToroueyV  8 Dirty 
(Hull);  Oevme  (Baroaft  Rafateff  (CoWws- 
ter)  Bed’s  Seotttab  La— in'  ftnanbr 
DMakwc  IS  Dodds  (Abradosn).  W Ca- 
dets (Celbcfc  Mndass  (Absrdsse).  9 
McCoist  (Rangers):  Van  Vosses 
(Rangers). 

SPANISH  I mm—i  8—ylayt  Vantoaad 
3.  Racing  Santander  ft  Logrenss  0.  Atto- 
dgo  Madrid  ft  ABUeUc  Btftse  ft  Espanyui 
ft  Valencia  Z.  Tenerife  t. 

GERMAM  LEAQUte  Bsyar  LavarkuMBE 
Freiburg  ft  SeOradayi  Bocnom  3.  HU* 
burg  i:  St  Pauli  0.  Cologne  ft  Bon— b 
Moenchengiodbach  5.  Bonislia  Dortnn 1 
1:  VTB  Stuttgart  0,  Fortum  Doaasakicrt  Z 
Arminia  BtetefeW  0.  Schatkv  Ir'Baysm 
Munich  I.  Karlsruhe  ft  Lrttdtef  atrtd- 
bigat  1.  Bayern  Munich  [P7.  PttlT):  2,  VIB 
Sungari  (7-18);  3.  Cologne  (7-13). 
DUTCH  LEAGUES  Ajax  ArajJantem  I, 
Grantschaj)  Doeffnchem  U Grenfcifl*  J. 
RKC  Waahrtjk  ft  AZ  Affomar  3.  UrscN  ]• 
Saturdays  Forfuiu  SittUd  1,  Vtotondsn  t 
NAC  Breda  0.  Roda  JC  ICerkrsdff  1:  VMw* 

II  Tilburg  1,  Twente  Enschade'2:  Spwto 

Rotterdam  0.  Foymwort  Rottontem  1;  rev 
Eindhoven  0.  Vitesse  Arnhem  0.  LuM 
stendtegf  >■  Fayenoord  He—wlton  |PJ- 
Pts  19):  2.  PSV  Emdhovoti  (7-1W  ft  T^8 
Enschede  (7-14J.  - 

ITALIAN  LEACUb  Btdomu  1.  £ 

Cagliari  1.  Udinesa  ft  FlorrtttilM  2.  Vpom 
ft  N spoil  1,  Piacenza  X Ptongia  T. 

his  ft  Vicenza  a.  AtaJama  J.  mmg 
inter  1.  Lazio  1;  Panne  ft  HW**? 
Roma  1.  Sampdorta  4.  Leaking  »“~_ 
togas  Parma  (P3.  Pts7T.  ft  Jtwenius  O-TK 
3 Inter  (3-7).  . , 

BELGIAN  LGAQUE:  Afftsi  3,  Si  TlUdcn  9. 

Saturttayi  Lomrnei  1.  Lrarse  1;  toxwoun 
l . Harolbeka  ft  AnderietPH  2.  Gtart  VCra- 
cie  Brugge  0.  Antwerp  l:  EkerenAMo**' 
beak  ft  Mechelen  0.  (tank  ft  Lt**™"  }■ 
Club  Brugge  1.  Leading  1— ifcBH.J; 
Standard  Liege  (P7,  Pt»15):  ft  AndwW® 
(7-15):  3.  Club  Brugge  (7-15).  . . , 
PORTUGUESE  LEAOUEi  Srtradsp  Sfr 
guefroa  0.  Porto  1:  Chaves  0.  GuiiMm«« 
Boevtsta  2.  Rio  Avs  Q.  Irate* 
tegs:  Pono  (P4.  PtsiO):  ft  Sporting  (*-«*■ 
3.  Benfica  13-71. 


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Rugby  Union 


INTER  PTOyiNCtAL  CHIPS:  Uunsler 
45.  Genoa  chi  M:  Ulster  25.  Leinster  as 
CQURAQE  CLUBS  CHAMPIONSHIP: 
National  Luguo  One:  Bristol  24.  Harle- 
quins 35  Gloucesier  29.  Bath  JS.  Ldn  Irish 
19.  Sale  25.  Northampioo  41.  Orietl  7-  Wn-n 
Hariiepool  25.  Saracens  16. 

P w o L F A Pta 

Hrafaroafaw.  4 4 0 0 S17  71  g 
Wasps  ...... 


W“P» 4 4 0 0 123  95  B 

NmliiacniAna  1 3 0 I 137  82  6 

*4*4  - 4 3 0 1 130  826 

P3"1  - 4 7 0 2 162  110  4 

tefaoortor  - 4 2 0 3 87  70  a 

•W**®1  - * 3 0 2 111  101  4 

Sararama  A 2 0 2 103  95  4 

Iran  Irish  ..4  1 0 3 87  140  2 

W Hartlepool  .4103  B4  161  2 

Gteueestar  ....  4 0 0 4 71  177  0 
- 4 0Q  4 42  164  0 

Twos  Bedford  17.  Rlchrrtond  44.  r-ovenlry 
24.  MUkelteld  25.  Ldn  Scrtitiah  42.  Waterloo 
30;  Moseley  34.  Naninghorn  22:  New.raslle 
61.  BlackheatoCr  Bolhorham  49  Rugby  IB 
Tfaraoi  Erater  22.  Harrogate  7:  Fylde  28 
Walsall  1ft  Havant  34.  Clifton  19;  Liverpool 
SI  Helens  13.  Motley  1 (.  OUey  41.  Redrujh 
34;  Reading  25.  Lydnsy  ll;  Rawly n Pk  27. 
Ldn  Welsh  10.  Whartedale  23.  Leeds  18 
Fbut  North:  BlnranghamtSolihuil  55 
Stok»on-Trenl  1ft  Kendal  30.  Manteester 
21;  Lichheld  27.  Nuneaton  10.  Preston  >3 
IB.  Sheffield  8.  Sandal  20.  Aspstna  33- 
SlmrbrWge  21.  Worcester  2).  Winning  ton 
Pk  23.  Hereford  24  South:  Barking  15, 
Plymouth  IS:  Berry  HUI  6.  Newbury  32. 
Charlton  Pk  19.  High  Wycombe  31:  Chel- 
tenham 15.  N Weieham  18:  Hcntav  32. 
.Camberlcy  13.  Mel  Police  47.  Askeara  9. 
Weston-S-Maro  11.  Tabard  6. 

WELSH  NATIONAL  LEAGUE]  First  Dtv 
bdora  Bridgend  59.  Neath  13;  Dunvam  10. 
Pontypridd  25;  Llanelli  30.  Swansea  17; 
Newbridge  11,  Cardiff  64;  Treorchy  31 
Caerphilly  16  CObw  Vale  24.  Nowport  23. 

P W D L PIS 


Cardiff  . .. 

Neath  

llaneto  .. . 
Pontypridd 

Dunvml  

Ebbw  Vale  . 


Treorchy  — 

CaemfiUty  . . 
Newbridge  . 


Second  DMskm  Abertfllary  32.  Aber 
Orton  9.  Bonymaen  29.  UWIC  25:  Cross 
Kays  14.  Llandovery  4ft  Mocoteg  31.  Aber- 
avon  21:  Ponlypool  37,  Blackwood  1ft  S 
Wales  Police  38.  Ystradgynlais  17. 

SHU  TEN  KENTS  CHAMPION  SHIP,  Pro- 
mfor  Leagoae  First  Dhriskmi  Bonxrgh- 
muu  25.  Melrose  47;  Hawick  15.  WalSOfi- 
lans  25  Heriots  FP  2ft  Stirling  County  ft 
Jed-Forest  21.  Currie  28.  Seoond:  Bigger 
If  Kelso  30.  GHK  10.  Edinburgh  Acods  14: 
Gala  25.  Dundee  HSFP  25:  W of  Scotland 
40.  Glasgow  Acods  20.  TMrd:  Kirkcaldy 
18.  Musselburgh  3:  Peebles  17.  Kilmar- 
nock 29.  Preston  Lodge  21.  Glasgow 
Southern  13.  Stovrarts  Mel  FP  14.  Selkirk 
19 

SWALEC  CUP:  Second  Bound:  Aber- 
jvon  Grn  Stars  15,  51  Josephs  38:  Aber- 
cam  27.  Pembroke  ID:  Abercrave  6. 
Hav ertordwesl  22;  Amman  Uld  14.  I 
Cwmgors  13,  Ammantoro  62.  Blaenavon  ft 
Beddau  13.  Maestag  1£  BoOtesda  14.  Si  I 
Davids  J.  Blrcttgrove  29.  Penciawdd  15; 
Blaenau  Gwent  10.  Aberaeron  15:  Bridg- 
end Ath  44.  BarfloecJ  IS.  Bridgend  Sports  j 
44.  Monmouth  ft  Briton  Ferry  22.  Ulffora 
Haven  S:  Burry  Port  31,  Liaodelto  SI; 
Bynoa  Bi.  Llangwm  ft  Cardiff  Medics  r. 
Dinas  Powys  76.  Cardigan  ft  Nelson  7; 
Carmarthen  Ath  19.  LJantwit  Fardre  17: 
ChepiBKiw  14.  Hlrwoun  21:  Croesyoelllog 
16.  Canton  9:  Crynanl  11.  Brecon  46;  Cwm- 
bran 16.  Si  Albans  13:  Cwmgrach  45.  Cal- 
, dica<27:  Dolgellau  31.  Bagla n 8:  Hartrtdge 
HSOH  6.  Gilloch  Goch  29:  Hollybush  16. 
Fairwater  21:  Laughams  8.  Cwmsvon  2t; 

I Llanelli  Wndrs  23.  Newcastle  Emlyn  4ft 
, Liangennech  29  Trehwberl  1%:  Morris  ton 
26  Trebanos  13:  MumblM  1ft  Tarbach  13: 
Naniy  nylon  25  Penlan  ft  Neath  Ath  2ft 
I Atierystwyin  2ft  New  Tredegar  10.  RTB 
Qrbw  vale  35.  Old  llltydians  19.  Cwmllyn- 
I loll  21  Pencoed  42.  Pontyctun  7.  Peny- 
ffOig  8 Ciltynydd  ft  Pill  Harriers  23. 
Govmrten  1ft  Port  tarda  we  ft  Pomycymmer 
Sbm  no.  Gworoyfed  1ft  Ruthin  41 
Wiyl  a Oist  to:  Senghenydd  25.  Pomy- 
berem  7.  Taffs  Well  34.  Porthcawl  28 
TalywoJn  25.  Brynomman  22:  Tony  retell 
40.  Penygroes  1ft  Trynom  it.  Brynmawr  7: 
Tycroes  10.  Glact  2ft  WoUstown  5.  Aber- 
dare  17;  Wreiham  95.  Fleur43»Lyt  3, 
Ynvrsybwi  40  Cowbndge  2S  YsLakalera  3ft 
Bryncoch  35. 

Rugby  League 

NATIONAL  CONFERENCE  LEAGUE: 
Premier  Division:  Beverley  30. 
Saddleworih  11  Egremoni  32  Dudley  Hill 
3ft  Mayfield  24.  Lock  Lana  39;  OWham  Si 


Annas  27.  Hewortti  1ft  West  Hull  21.  Leigh 
Miners  Wei  2ft  Wigan  SI  Patricks  21,  WOoi- 
ston  0.  First  Ptvtete—  East  Leeds  13,  As- 
kam  20:  EoatmooT  14,  Oulton  24;  Leigh 
East  32.  Wigan  SI  Judes  37;  UlUom  80, 
Biack brook  4;  Thornhill  30,  Barrow  island 
24;  Walney  Centra)  U.  Moldgreen  11 
genond  Dhltes!  Eccles  18,  Norman  ton  ft 
Fea thereto ne  Amateur  0,  Hull  Dockers  19; 
New  Eerswtcit  1ft  Mi  Word  1ft  Ovenden  14, 
Redhril  3ft  Shaw  Cross  7,  Dewsbury  Moor 
0;  Skklsiigh  10.  York  Acorn  TO 
AUSTRALIAN  HinUBlDimP!  SnsMite 
tei  Manly  34,  Cronulla  0. 

OPTUS  CUPr  “Irani  ftexlra  SI  Gsorge  29. 
North  Sydney  12. 


LOCH  LOMOND  DfYtTATfOffAL:  Lerai- 
Ing  final  soor—  (OB/Ire  unless  stated  7. 
277  T Blorn  (Den)  70.  89.  68.  7ft  278  J 
Van  de  Velde  (Fn  75.  85.  67.  71.  281  R 
Aitenby  (Aus)  89.  71.  71.  70.  2B2  C Mont- 
gomerie 72.  TO.  70.  70;  J Lomas  71,  73.  70. 
0ft  ass  R Green  (Aus)  72.  73.  71.  67:  □ 
Clarke  6ft  73.  73.  69.  284  P O'Malley 

1 Aus)  70.  7ft  60.  88:  M McNulty  (Zlm)  71 
72.  70.  89:  M Martin  (Sp)  73.  73.  69.  69. 
285  G Turner  (*C1  7ft  70.  70.  67;  E Derry 
71.  78.  86.  72:  B Lane  69.  74. 71.  71.  288  D 
Gilford  71.  74.  72. 69.  S Ames  (Trln  A Tow 
76,  71. 66.  71.  28T  J Coceras  fArgl  68.  77. 
75, 67:  M-A  Jimenez  iSa)  77.  70.  72.  BEt  G 
Dsy  I US)  72.  74.  71, 7ft  L Weetwood  74. 71 
89.  71.  288  P Haugsrud  (Nor)  77.  7ft  71. 
86:  D Howell  70,  73.  75.  7ft  I Woosnam  73. 

68.  75.  71;  M Gales  76.  70.  71. 71:  D Smyth 
75.  72.  TO.  71;  R Chapman  71.  7S.  66.  73. 
289  A Sherborne  71  72.  72,  72:  A Cottart 

74.  71.  70.  74;  J Spence  67.  74.  72.  76.  280 
E Romero  (Aral  77.  to.  73.  7ft  R Wlliison 
73. 77. 71.  7ft  R Gooaen  ISA)  71 71 75. 71; 
P Baker  69.  73.  77.  71:  R Drummond  69. 79, 

69.  73;  C Rocea  (It)  71  74.  71  72;  P Polka 
ISweJ  71.  72.  73.  74;  P McGlnley  7ft  74.  89. 

75.  281  M Ferry  (Frl  76. 71.  74.  7ft  N Faldo 
M 73.  73.  77.  282  Q Sherry  74.  75.  71  71: 
P Harrington  76.  74.  71.  71;  P Ltohart  (Sp) 
69.  76.  71  75;  R Davis  (AuS)  7ft  71  68.  7ft 
SOLHEIM  CUP  (Sf  Pierre.  Chepstow): 
Final  dnyr  Europe  1 1,  US  IT  (European 
namaa  nrat):  Ttegtei  A Barra ratraw  bt  P 
Bradley  2 ft  1:  K Marshall  tost  to  V Skin- 
nra  2 B 1;  L Davies  lost  to  M HcGmm  3 8 

2 L Neumann  halved  with  B DanleC  L 
Hackney  lost  to  B Burton  1 hole:  T John- 
son tost  to  O Popper  3 ft  ft-  A Mchotes 
halved  with  K Robbins;  M L De  L arena 
lost  to  B King  5 8 *:  J Mortify  lost  to  R 
lew  5 & 4;  □ Held  kart  to  J Geddas  2 


holes:  C Nitemark  ton  to  P Bndrai  2 ft  1: 
H AHrodsson  tost  to  M Mfafton  4 ft  ft 

Tennis 

LTA  AilTUMN  SATELLITE  CIRCUIT 
(Wlrral)  Fkataz  C WUi son  (GB)  bt  N 
Weald  [GB)  6-4.  6-4.  Doubler.  A Mob- 
radeaa/C  mUnsrai  [GB)  bt  A Fosur/C 
Singer  (GS/USA)  6-1.  7-6 
DAVIS  CUPr  eura-Arrlcn  xonec 
Seoond  dhrteten:  QB  M Egypt  5-0(6  00- 
sedxfcl  bt  T El  Sawy  &-1  6-4, 7-5:  T Hen- 
men  bi  A Ghonetoi  8-0.  6-4.  7-6;  N 
Broad/M  Pntobey  bt  El  SawylGhcmeim 

3- 6.  6-4.  6-3.  6-4;  llenurau  bt  a Sawy 
8-7.  6-2.  6-2,"  nusodafcj  bt  Ghonolm  6-4 
6-2  World  Groraa  Semi  flndn  Sweden 
bt  Czech  Rep  4-1  (Sweden  Hrndi-  T &»■ 
■1st  bl  P Korda  6-4  6-3.  7-6:  8 Edbrag 
tswei  bt  □ vacek  (Cza)  7-6.  r-s.  4-6. 6-3: 

N Kulll/J  Bforkman  tost  to  Korb/Hmk 

4- 6.  6-3.  6-4.  8-4;  Bmrrial  U Vacek  6-1 
6-7.  4-6.  7-6.  B-l  Edfaerg  bi  Korda  4-6. 
6-2.  7-5.  Frame  bt  Italy  3-2  (Franca  first): 

C Prollne  lost  to  A neerteral  5-7. 6-1. 7-ft 
6-1  A Boatsch  lost  to  R Fatten  7-5.  1-6, 
6-3.  7-6.  O Farget/Q  Remix  bt  GautenzV 
D Nargtao  6-1  6-4.  6-1  MoOrra  bi  Furtan 
6-1  2-6  6-1  6-4;  Boataoh  bt  Gaudenzl 
6-4.  6-1  7-ft 

SILK  CUT  CHALLENGE  (London):  Fteafc 

Form  by  2,  Tonjney  1 (Formby  AraQ:  A/H 
■Mcotr  bi  P SeddonlR  Short  3-6.  (5-3.  6-4;  , 
G McGIbbon/J  Mulltnsr  kw)  to  P Stev— 
een/R  Lends  6-1.  2-6.  8-1;  H BbfcetlAI 
tenlHner  bt  R Short/R  Lewis  6-1,  7-ft 
WOMEN'S  TOURNAMENT  (Tokyo):  : 
Eend-ftaebn  H Seles  (US)  bt  K Dole 
(japan)  6-3.  1-6.  7-ft  a Sanches  Vhrario  . 
ISpI  M K Plo  (US)  6-4.  6-1  tenet!  Setae  bt 
Sanchez  Vicar  ic  6-1.  6-L 
MAUREEN  CONNOLLY  TROPHY  (Aus-  1 
un.  Teias)-  GB  bt  USA  6-3  (GB  first):  C ! 
Taylor  tool  to  T Snyder  7-6.  0-8.  4-8;  M ! 
MMer  bl  S Mabry  8-4.  3-8.  6-4:  M Wabi-  i 
Wrigfcrt/J  Ward  bl  Mabry /Snyder  6-1. 0-1.  1 

Basketball  1 


BUOWBISER  LEAGINb  Derby  110.  Hemal 
S Watford  104.  Leicester  7ft  Crystal  Pal- 
ace 65.  Birmingham  85.  Sheffield  Bl 
Thames  Valley  01.  Worthing  B4:  Sheffield 
Sharis  70.  Chester  Jala  7ft 

Baseball 

AMQ8CAH  IWQiRi  Friday]  Seattle  1ft 

Oakland  ft.  Calbornla  6.  Texas  9 (lOmna): 
Toronto  5.  Baltimore  1;  Boston  4.  New 
York  l Kansas  C 8,  Cleveland  <L  Chicago 


7,  Minnesota  3;  Detroit  10.  Milwaukee  l; 
Texas  7,  California  1;  Saottfe  9,  Oakland  ft 
NATIONAL  LEAGUE:  Friday:  Atlanta  3. 
Montreal  2;  Cincinnati  4.  Si  Louis  ft  Flor- 
ida 3.  Houston  1;  Pittsburgh  8.  Chicago  4; 
NY  5.  Philadelphia  Z San  Diego  4.  LA  1 
San  Francisco  6.  Colorado  1 

Chess 

J2ND  OLYMPIAD  (Erevan):  Hound  Oi 
Russia  28.  Armenia  AS:  England  3X  (Short 
X.  Adams  0.  Speeiman  l.  Sadler  l).  Geor- 
gia IX:  China  IX.  Spain  2£  Cuba  2.  Bosnia 
2;  Hungary  2X.  France  it  Czech  Rep  4. 
Pant  tr.  Scotland  XL  India  X (McNab  1-0 
Borua);  Ireland  1.  Luxemburg  3:  Bahrain 
IX.  Wales  2X.  Iradtrn  Russia  17X;  Eng- 
land. Spain.  Czech  Rap  1SX;  Hungary, 
China  16;  Cuba.  Netherlands.  Bosnia.  Ar- 
menia. United  States,  Bulgaria,  Croatia 
15X.  Alara  Scotland  138;  Ireland  11£ 
Wales  10X.  Vnnm  Round  fk  Mongolia 
IX.  England  IX  (Lalic  X.  Hum  1.  Benin  0). 
L— drarai  Ukraine  14X;  Russia.  Georgia 
136  China  13;  Bulgaria.  Hungary.  Yugo- 
slavia 13X  Ateoe  England  10X. 


Cycling 


TOUR  OF  SPANfa  Stage  1 E (Cabarceneo 
to  Alia  Cruz  de  la  Demanda.  210km):  t.  A 
Zuefla  (Swttz)  ONCE  Sir  48mtn  30ooc.  2=. 
L Dufaux  (Swttz)  Lotus;  L Jataberl  (Fr) 
ONCE;  T Romingar  (Swttz)  Mapel  at  Ssoc; 
5=.  R Pts tora  (in  MG;  6.  J M Jimenez  (Sp) 
Baneeto  ft  Overall  etraaBmio:  1.  Zuella 
8fihr  57mln  *isec  1 Jalafiert  at  imfai 
ft) sec:  3.  Dubunr  526;  4.  PMtore  7.14;  S. 
F Austin  l 7.22;  6.  Rebellln  7.55. 


Hockey 


NATIONAL  rweier.  Fkrat  dhbkm 

Beesun  4.  Hull  Or.  Bluehans  3.  Indian  Gym 
tt  Boumvilla  3.  tscab;  Bromley  1 Lewes  ft 
Broktanda  1 Oxtord  Hawks  1:  City  oi 
Portsmouth  2.  Oxford  Univ  1:  Croetyx  O. 
Sheffield  4;  Edgbuston  1 SI  Albans  D:  Fire- 
brands 4.  Stourport  3;  Gloucester  City  5. 
Troians  0;  HarteSton  M 3.  Warrington  0. 
INTERNATIONAL  TOURNAMENT 
(Hague)  HDM  3.  TeOdmgton  i;  HOC  4. 
Cannock  4;  Bloemendaal  5.  Teddlngton  2 
Ryl  White  Star  (Belgium)  1.  Cannock  7. 
(Mi  TOM  2.  Amsterdam  1.  Mr  Klein 
Zwitoertard  (lie)  4.  Cannot*  7.  T-8:  Ted- 
dlngxjn  3.  Ryl  White  Star  1. 

WOMEN'S  NATIONAL  lEAOHMl  Plw 
mtar  dhrielns  CIHton  1.  Hlghtown  ft  Don- 
coster  2.  Trains  i;  Ipswicfa  2.  Sutton  CL  S: 
Slough  3.  Leicester  ft  Bra*  dtaMfaai 


Bracknell  1 Sunderland  Bad  am  1;  Canter- 
bury 3.  Bradford  0;  Otton  WW  7.  Blueharts 
V Wimbledon  2,  Chelmstord  ft  Second 
dhrMon:  Ealmg  1.  Woking  2:  Loughboro 
Students  5.  Sherwood  2;  Old  Loughtonians 
2,  Exmoulh  1;  SL  Albans  0.  West  Wlmey  1. 


Ice  Hockey 


SUPER  LGC  Bracknetl  4.  Cardiff  5:  Not- 
ffngffam  a.  Basingstoke  0;  Sheffield  8. 
Manchester  1. 

PREMIER  LQEi  Slough  ft  Kingston  4.  So- 
llhull  4.  GuiltMord  ft  Swindon  10.  Teitord  ft 
NORTHERN  PRamn  LOB  CaaUereagh 
7.  Dumfries  4.  Rfe  ft  WfnffBy  1;  Paisley  ft 
Murrayflald  7. 

Motor  Racing 

PORTUGUESE  GRAND  PRIX  I Estoril):  1. 
J Villon eiiva  (Can)  Wiliams:  1 D Hill  (GB) 
WUnoma:  3.  M Schumacher  (Geri  Ferrari- 
4,  J Aiesl  (Ft)  Benetton:  5.  E Lrvtne  (GB) 
Ferrari;  8.  G Berger  lAuo)  Benetton:  7.  H 
Frentzsn  (Gar)  Sauoer.  ft  J Herbert  (GB) 
Sauber;  ft  M Bnindle  (GB)  Jordan:  10.  O 
Pints  (Fr)  Ligrer  11.  M Solo  |F)n|  TyrroU; 
12.  U Kalayama  IJapan)  Tyrrell:  13.  O 
Coultttard  (GB)  McLaren:  14.  R Roeset 
(Bra)  Footwork  Hart  15.  G Lavaggi  lit) 
Minardi;  18.  P Lamy  (Por)  Mlnard”1™ 

nbraiiiilnuelrlu  etandbigra  1.  D 
MQ  (GB)  B7pts;  ft  J Vlffeneuve  (Can)  78.  3. 
“ tGe,l  si  4.  j Altai  (Fr)  47: 

f- (Fln| 27: 6,  D Coullhard (GB) 
?SL6,-  ?„  IAu*l  W:  9-  R Barrie  hello 
.«m,l4;u9c°  PanlaJFrJ  I®  10.  E Irvine 
£*}?  V,-,H,F™"“r'  ‘9*1  & ’I- M Bnindle 
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The  Guardian  Monday  September  23  1996 


SOCCER 


SPORTS  NEWS  15 


Wenger  pays  Arsenal  flying  visit 


Highbury’s  new  man  is  not  yet  hereto  stay  but  thought  he  should  be 
on  hand  for  the  Uefa  Cup  trip  to  Germany.  Martin  Thorpe  reports 


HE  HAD  been  at 
Highbury  in  spirit 
almost  as  long  as 
Herbert  Chap- 
man, but  Arsenal 
finally  welcomed  the  body  of 
Arsine  Wenger  yesterday,  a 
long,  lean  shape  that 
marched  confidently 
through  the  door  of  a hastily 
arranged  press  conference 
to  ask:  “Crisis,  what  crisis?" 

It  is  in  the  tradition  of 
recent  perverse  events  at 
Arsenal  that  the  new  man- 
ager should  arrive  just  as 
the  team  have  climbed  to 
third  place  in  the  Premier- 
ship. But  this  is  not  what 


Wenger  was  talking  about. 

"I  had  the  feeling  there 
was  a big  crisis  here,"  he 
said,  "but  every  time  I had 
contact  with  the  board  they 
looked  very  strong  and  de- 
termined and  the  players 
appear  to  have  been  very 
positive  too.  The  crisis  toie 
been  around  the  club  but 
never  inside  the  club.” 

Such  a way  with  words 
will  signal  to  the  players 
and  supporters  that 
Arsenal  are  welcoming  an 
unconventional  manager 
not  just  because  he  is 
French  or  displays  a 
refreshing  openness  when 


meeting  the  press.  Wenger 
is  cool,  calm  and  authorita- 
tively impressive,  a man 
with  an  economics  degree 
applying  that  brain  to 
football. 

Bnt  be  bas  a passion  too. 
"The  main  reason  for  com- 
ing is  that  f love  English 
football;  the  roots  of  the 
game  are  here,"  he  says.  “I 
like  the  spirit  round  the 
game  and  at  Arsenal  and  I 
like  the  club's  potential. 
For  my  career  it  can  be  a 
ftirther  step  for  my  per- 
sonal development. 

"1  worked  successfully  in 
France  for  10  years;  I have 


worked  for  three  years  in 
Japan  in  a different  culture 
where  my  challenge  was  to 
create  something  from 
nothing.  To  go  to  another 
country  where  football  is  of 
the  highest  level  is  a big 
challenge." 

He  will  actually  leave  the 
Japanese  club  Grampus  8 
and  take  over  at  Arsenal 
next  Monday  on  a three- 
year  deal  worth  around 
£1.5  million.  But  he  decided 
on  a flying  visit  to  London 
when  Stewart  Houston 
resigned  as  caretaker  man- 
ager; he  arrived  at  8.30  yes- 
terday morning  after  leav- 
ing home  on  Friday, 
watching  Grampus  8 win 
on  Saturday,  then  flying 
via  Paris  to  London. 

“I  had  the  feeling  the 


club  needed  me,  and  I 
wanted  to  be  here,"  he  said, 
specifically  referring  to  the 
team's  task  in  trying  to 
overcome  a 3-2  deficit  in 
Wednesday’s  away  Uefa 
Cup  first-round,  second-leg 
tie  against  Borussia  Mon- 
chengladbach. 

"The  first  game  wasn't  so 
good,  with  us  losing  at 
home,  but  I deeply  believe 
we  can  reverse  the  game  in 
Germany,"  he  said. 

He  will  meet  the  players 
today  at  training,  then  join 
the  team  for  the  Borussia 
game,  fly  back  to  oversee 
his  final  Grampus  8 match 
on  Saturday  and  return  to 
London  permanently. 

He  has  already  appointed 
the  current  caretaker  man- 
ager Pat  Rice  as  his  No.  2 


and  will  let  the  Irishman 
take  charge  in  Germany. 

He  says  he  is  in  no  hurry 
to  buy  players,  but  had  one 
or  two  in  mind  for  the 
future.  Be  denied  interest 
in  Stefan  Effenberg,  Mat- 
thias Sammer  and  the  Bra- 
zilian Leonardo,  with 
whom  Arsenal  have  been 
linked,  and  appeared  cool 
on  his  former  protee 
George  Weah- 

He  also  confirmed  that  in 
July  be  bad  turned  down 
an  offer  to  be  the  Football 
Association’s  technical  di- 
rector because  he  did  not 
want  to  be  desk-bonnd. 
Arsenal  had  approached 
him  in  the  first  week  of 
August  but  he  could  not  ac- 
cept the  job  until  Grampus 
8 found  a replacement. 


Wenger  — 'crisis  around 
the  club  but  never  inside* 

Asked  if  he  had  a message 
for  Arsenal  fans,  he  said: 
"It  will  take  me  a couple  of 
months  to  adapt  to  the  team 
and  for  them  to  adapt  to 
me.  No  team  can  be  attrac- 
tive and  fantastic  in  every 
match,  bnt  my  message  to 
the  fens  is  come  here  and 
watch  us  and  be  happy." 
Peace  and  love  are  heading 

for  Highbury. 


Middlesbrough  0 
Arsenal  2 

Gallant 

Adams 

raises 

spirits 

Michael  Walker 


Tottenham  Hotspur  1,  Leicester  City  2 

Francis  and 
his  skeleton 
staff  rattled 


David  Lacey 


THE  presence  of  a Fox 
in  the  opposition 
clearly  aroused 
Leicester  City's  hunt- 
ing instincts  at  White  Hart 
Lane  yesterday.  Tottenham's 
present  failings  were  fre- 
quently exploited  as  Martin 
O'Neill's  team  achieved  their 
second  victory  since  return- 
ing to  the  Premiership  and 
their  first  away  from  home. 

The  performance  should  do 
as  much  for  Leicester's  confi- 
dence as  the  result,  especially 
as  they  were  forced,  in  effect 
to  win  the  match  twice. 

Steve  Claridge  put  them 
ahead  after  21  minutes,  a lead 
they  held  until  the  interval, 
bat  they  then  missed  a penal- 
ty and  conceded  one  within  a 
short  space  of  time  around 
the  hour. 

Clive  Wilson  brought  the 
scores  level  with  Tottenham’s 
penalty,  after  which  Leices- 
ter's American  goalkeeper 
Kasey  Keller  defied  Spurs 
with  a series  of  outstanding 
saves.  When  Emile  Heskey 
hit  a post  Leicester  seemed 
destined  for  a draw,  but  with 
five  minutes  remaining  Ian 
Marshall's  header  brought 
them  a victory  they  roundly 
deserved. 

Marshall  had  replaced  Clar- 
idge, injured  in  giving  Leices- 
ter the  lead.  Signed  from  Ips- 
wich last  month  for  £800,000, 
the  Liverpudlian  looked  a 
bargain  at  today's  prices. 

Spurs  are  in  a mess.  They 
have  not  won  at  White  Hart 
Lane  since  the  end  of  March 
and  this  was  their  second  con- 
secutive home  defeat  Injuries 
have  deprived  them  of  Mab- 
butt  Sheringham,  Armstrong 


and  Austin  and  yesterday 
they  were  a team  of  disparate 
parts. 

Leicester,  on  the  other 
hand,  remained  a compact 
unit  almost  throughout  Play- 
ing three  at  the  back  with  five 
in  midfield,  they  broke 
quickly  and  powerfully 
through  Heskey,  a broad- 
shouldered  and  athletic  18- 
y ear-old  with  good  control 
and  vision. 

The  essence  of  Leicester’s 
superiority,  however,  lay  in 
the  strength  and  balance  of 
their  midfield.  With  Grayson 
and  Lewis  giving  the  team  a 
mixture  of  attacking  width 
and  defensive  nous,  Lennon 
and  Izzet  winning  possession 
tenaciously  and  Taylor  find- 
ing shrewd  angles  with  his 
runs  and  passes,  they  domi- 
nated much  of  the  game  be- 
tween the  penalty  areas. 

Just  when  Spurs  thought 
they  were  establishing  some 
sort  of  parity  in  midfield, 
O'Neill  brought  on  Garry 
Parker  to  bring  an  air  of  calm 
to  increasingly  frenetic  pro- 
ceedings. Even  Darren  Ander- 
ton  could  not  provide  a simi- 
larly soothing  presence  for 
Tottenham-  Yesterday  Ander- 
ton  looked  like  a player  await- 
ing another  groin  operation. 
Gifted  footballer  though  he  is. 
the  England  man  is  beginning 
to  resemble  a tennis  racket 
urgently  in  need  of  a restring. 

Gerry  Francis,  the  Totten- 
ham manager,  is  so  short  of 
strikers  that  yesterday  he 
played  Sol  Campbell  up  front 
alongside  the  inexperienced 
Rory  Allen.  Campbell's  height 
posed  a brief  threat  to  Leices- 
ter’s defence  early  on,  but  by 
the  time  Claridge  lunged  past 
Wilson  at  the  far  post  to  force 
in  Hes key's  low  centre  the 


Anderton  angst . . . the  Spurs  forward,  thwarted  here  by  Leicester's  Taylor,  looked  listless  and  less  than  fully  fit  yesterday  photograph:  frank  baron 


match  was  slipping  out  of 
Spurs'  control. 

For  the  second  half  Francis 
decided  to  mirror  Leicester's 
approach  by  bringing  on  Sin- 
ton,  a left-winger,  for  Edin- 
burgh. who  had  damaged  a 
hamstring,  and  playing  three 
at  the  back.  A courageous 
move,  but  it  nearly  led  to  a 
second  goal  for  Leicester  in 


the  58th  minute  when  Lewis's 
crossfield  ball  found  Heskey 
completely  unmarked  on  the 
right  He  dragged  his  shot 
wide. 

A minute  earlier,  Nether  - 
cott  having  brought  down 
Heskey,  Walker  had  saved 
Walsh's  poorly  struck  penalty 
to  keep  Tottenham  in  the  con- 
test. Three  minutes  past  the 


hour  the  cost  of  both  misses 
appeared  to  escalate  when 
FTlor  pulled  Campbell  away 
from  Anderton ’s  centre  and 
Wilson’s  penalty  brooked  no 
argument 

Keller  then  kept  out  shots 
from  Fox,  Nielsen  and,  late  in 
the  game.  Anderton  as  Totten- 
ham sought  an  unlikely  win. 
And  when  Heskey’s  shot  took 


a slight  deflection  off  Wilson 
before  hitting  the  foot  of  the 
near  post  in  the  78th  minute, 
it  seemed  equally  unlikely 
that  Spurs  would  lose. 

But  lose  they  did,  and  to  the 
simplest  of  goals.  Parker's 
corner  from  the  right  floated 
away  from  Walker  and 
Marshall  was  unmarked  as 
he  rose  to  bead  the  ball 


firmly  into  the  net. 

“Had  we  not  won  1 would 
have  committed  suicide." 
said  O’Neill.  As  it  is,  Francis 
is  better  advised  to  stay  away 
from  tall  buildings  just  now. 
“No  one  listens  to  hard-luck 
stories,"  he  said.  "People  are 
only  interested  in  results  but 
we  are  operating  with  a skele- 
ton staff  at  the  moment*' 


Leeds  United  0,  Newcastle  United  1 


Lessons  from  new  testament 


Martin  Thorpe 


Fittingly  for  clubs 

where  football  is  some- 
thing of  a religion,  Leeds 
United  and  Newcastle  United 
have  been  converted.  The  hal- 
lowed balls  of  EUand  Road  al- 
ready echo  to  the  lesson  ac- 
cording to  George  Graham, 
while  flamboyance's  greatest 
evangelist  Kevin  Keegan  has 
finally  seen  the  light  and  em- 
braced the  devil  doggedness. 

The  only  characteristics 
which  differentiated  Leeds 
from  the  Arsenal  of  old  on 
Saturday  were  the  all-white 
strip  and  the  fact  that  they 
lost  Otherwise  there  was, 
like  a Highbury  memory,  the 
commitment  compact  forma- 
tion, bodies  behind  the  ball, 


long  early  ball  forward,  threat 
from  set  pieces  and  niggly 
intent 

As  for  Newcastle,  remem- 
ber Keegan's  defiant  boast 
after  last  season's  glorious 
failure?  "The  only  thing  we 
won't  ever  get  rid  oF  is  the 
style  of  play.  As  long  as  l*m 
here  we’ll  score  goals  and  let 
them  in." 

Well,  Keegan  has  spent  the 
sammer  like  a politician 
quietly  ignoring  the  party 
manifesto.  “There’s  a dogged- 
ness about  us  now  and  I wel- 
come it”  he  said  after  this 
fifth  win  in  a row.  ‘‘All  flair 
and  no  doggedness  won’t  win 
anything,  as  we  found  last 
year.” 

Doggedness  having 
changed  their  spots,  Newcas- 
tle have  won  three  of  four 


away  games  and  sit  second  in 
the  Premiership. 

Saturday's  victory  was 
helped  by  the  39tb-minute 
dismissal  of  the  Leeds  de- 
fender Carlton  Palmer  for  two 
dubious  tackles  from  behind. 
But  Newcastle  just  about 
deserved  their  victory  by 
keeping  things  tight  — or  as 
tight  as  one  can  when 
Asprilia  is  in  the  side  ■—  and 
battling  bard  when  the  10 
men.  as  ever,  proved  harder 
to  handle  than  11. 

Leeds's  display  spoke  much 
for  the  willing  legs  and  dedi- 
cated spirit  of  a side  sprin- 
kled with  youngsters  because 
of  injuries  to  Yeboah,  Dorigo, 
Bowyer,  Pemberton  and 
Deane. 

But  two  league  defeats 
sandwiching  a home  cup 


draw  with  Darlington  Is  not 
the  return  to  the  game  Gra- 
ham envisaged,  and  the 
team's  results,  like  the  new 
manager's  image,  may  take 
time  to  turn  around. 

With  the  squad  containing 
a few  too  many  unsolicited 
gifts  for  even  Graham's  lik- 
ing. a foray  or  two  into  the 
transfer  market  will  be  a 
priority. 

Graham  dismissed  reports 
linking  him  with  Tony  Ad- 
ams but  admitted  he  was 
looking  at  new  players.  “No,  I 
won’t  say  who  they  are,"  he 
replied  predictably. 

The  impressive  Sharpe  pro- 
duced Leeds's  best  chance 
after  seven  minutes  when  his 
shot  was  saved  by  Srnicek's 
legs.  But  slowly  Newcastle 
turned  the  screw  and  scored 


Sheffield  Wednesday  0,  Derby  County  0 

Jim  and  David 
grin  and  bear  it 


David  Hopps 


Graham  . . . preaching 

the  winner  through  Shearer, 
his  fourth  goal  of  the  season 
but  first  from  open  play. 

Leeds  rallied  and  for  20 
second-half  minutes  domi- 
nated a game  which  never 
really  came  alight  going  clos- 
est at  comers.  But  Newcastle 
held  on.  A novelty  indeed. 


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Essex 

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Nottingham 

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Glamorgan 

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Somerset 

43 

Gtouct. 

35 

Surrey 

44 

Hampshire 

38 

Sussex 

45 

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Sunderland  1 , Coventry  City  0 


Roker  roar  as  muted  as  Big  Ron’s  latest  explanations 


George  Caulkin 


Ron  ATKINSON  could 
□ever  be  described  as 
ashen -faced  — his  year-round 
tan  precludes  that  — but 
after  seeing  his  side's  recent 
mini-revival  shudder  to  a halt 
the  Coventry  manager’s  Ca- 
bled powers  of  explanation 
seemed  to  have  waned. 
Whatever  happened  to  the 

infamous  “Early  days”?  All  a 

terse  Big  Ron  canid  muster 
was  a self-evident  “I'm 
annoyed.” 

The  uninformed  wouia 

have  found  it  difficult  to  tell 
Atkinson  apart  from  his  Sun- 
derland counterpart  Peter 
Reid,  never  the  most 
loquacious  of  speakers.  Reid’s 
gratification  at  picking  up 


three  home  points  for  the  first 
Hmp  since  April  was  tem- 
pered by  the  grim  news  that 
the  club's  record  signing 
Niall  Quinn  had  suffered  a 
knee  ligament  injury. 

Another  day.  another  dis- 
mal slice  of  fortune  for  for- 
wards at  Roker  Park,  which  is 
beginning  to  threaten  Old 
Trafford  as  a home  strikers’ 
graveyard-  Not  since  a young 
Marco  Gabbiadini  muscled 
his  way  towards  goal,  six 
years  ago,  bas  a Sunderland 
player  managed  to  score  20 
times  in  a season. 

Of  the  latest  crop,  Phil  Gray 
is  in  France.  Brett  Angel!  is 
in  Stockport,  David  Kelly  is 
out  of  favour  and  now  Quinn 
looks  likely  to  spend  a long 
time  in  the  treatment  room. 
Yet  it  was  Quinn’s  departure 


which  did  most  to  elevate  the 
match  above  the  mundane,  a 
standard  underscored  by  the 
chorus  of  jeers  that  followed 
the  players  into  the  tunnel  at 
half-time. 

Reid  preferred  to  pick  out 
the  tireless  contribution  of 
Paul  Stewart  for  praise,  but  it 
was  the  substitute  Craig  Rus- 
sell's turn  of  pace  and  unself- 
ish willingness  to  move  wide 
which  justly  punisbed  Coven- 
try's negativity. 

Russell's  deep  cross  was 
met  by  the  chest  of  Steve 
Agnew.  whose  left-foot  finish 
was  as  sweet  as  his  overall 
display  was  inconsistent 

Even  the  traditionalists 
among  Saturday’s  crowd 
must  be  counting  the  days 
until  the  beginning  of  next 
season,  when  the  club  will 


leave  their  home  of  almost  a 
century  for  a new  40,000  all- 
seat stadium. 

Gone  are  the  days  when  the 
Roker  roar  could  batter  the 
opposition  into  submission, 
and  that,  combined  with 
Reid's  pragmatic  style  — "I’d 
rather  have  a 0-0  draw  than 
get  beaten  4-3.  that's  my  phi- 
losophy" — has  added  a cer- 
tain inevitability  to  an  al- 
ready vicious  circle. 
Impatience  from  the  fans 
leads  to  tension  in  the  players 
leads  to  more  impatience 
from  the  fans. 

Even  Agnew  admitted  that, 
for  Sunderland,  playing  in 
front  of  their  own  supporters 
can  be  "a  test  of  character";  a 
quality  that  Atkinson's  Cov- 
entry team  has  in  danger- 
ously  short  supply. 


DAVID  PLEAT  and  Jim 
Smith,  the  respective 
managers  of  Sheffield 
Wednesday  and  Derby 
County,  would  make  a good 
doable  act.  Pleat  acts  like  a 
marketing  executive,  for- 
ever striving  for  an  advan- 
tageous intepretation; 
Smith  plays  the  gritty  Les 
Dawson  type  who  tells  it 
like  it  is. 

I say.  I say.  I say.  What 
about  this  referee,  boys? 
Nine  bookings.  Wasn’t  be 
an  absolute  bounder? 

Pleat:  "We  don’t  criticise 
referees.  Everybody  needs 
them.  It  was  only  his  third 
game  in  the  Premiership. 

Smith  (pausing  to  sup  his 
pint):  "Aye,  and  it  might 
have  been  his  last-’* 

In  keeping  with  the  best 
double  acts,  both  were 
right;  they  were  merely 
looking  from  a different 
perspective.  Graham  Bar- 
ber is  indeed  inexperi- 
enced, so  criticism  should 
be  tempered,  but  his  con- 
stant flourishing  of  yellow 
cards  became  a major  irri- 
tant In  a shoddy,  nnedify- 
ing  game.  To  book  nine 
players,  virtually  without 
hesitation,  without  sending 
anybody  off  was  either  very 
fortunate  or  a remarkable 
feat  of  memory. 

Pern  bridge,  particularly 
aggravated  by  the  referee’s 
refusal  to  condone  his 
quick  free-kicks,  was  per- 
haps fortunate  to  injure  his 
calf  before  seeing  red.  His 
low,  ontswinging  cross, 
however,  from  which  Hirst , 
struck  the  far  post  after 


half  an  hour,  was  Wednes- 
day’s attacking  highlight. 
Their  slide  into  mid- table 
seems  well  under  way. 

“If  you  like  tackles,  this 
was  the  game  of  the  sea- 
son," claimed  Pleat,  which 
was  a bit  like  saying  Saudi 
Arabia  is  one  heck  of  a sea- 
side resort  if  you  like  sand. 
One  looked  in  vain  for 
Smith  to  add  another 
punchline,  only  to  discover 
that  he  was  staring  dole- 
fully into  his  pint,  doubt- 
less recalling  the  chances 
Derby  had  missed. 

Gabbiadini.  an  idiosyn- 
cratic striker  for  once  play- 
ing an  admirable  team 
game,  excelled  when  his 
lay-off  almost  set  up  Star- 
ridge  just  before  half-time. 
It  almost  atoned  for  his 
blatant  miss  after  30 
seconds  when,  alone  inside 
the  six-yard  area,  he 
headed  Chris  Powell's  left- 
wing  cross  too  high. 

Derby,  well  served  by 
Powell’s  composure  at  wing 
back,  were  increasingly 
dangerous  on  the  break,  no 
more  so  than  seven  minutes 
from  time  when  Laursen 
cleverly  delayed  his  cross 
from  the  right  but  Dailly’s 
cumbersome  shot  failed  to 
extend  Pressman. 

In  his  frustration.  Dailiy 
hacked  at  the  goalkeeper 

and  Invited  a contretemps 
with  Trustful!,  during 
which  Mr  Barber  seemed  to 
be  barged  as  be  intervened. 
Presumably  confused,  he 

allowed  Trustfull  to  go  un- 
punished and.  along  with 
Dailiy.  booked  another 
Derby  player.  Ward,  who 
was  trying  to  act  as 
peacemaker. 


ABOUT  is  frenetic  min- 
utes of  this  frantic  con- 
frontation had  elapsed 
when  yet  another  Arsenal 
player  hit  the  deck  requiring 
treatment.  Off  the  bench  once 
again  came  the  substitutes, 
Tony  Adams  among  them. 

As  they  stretched  and 
strained  their  way  along  the 
touchline,  the  noisy  Arsenal 
contingent  spontaneously 
burst  into  “One  Tony  Adams, 
there's  only  one  Tony  Ad- 
ams". Middlesbrough's  al- 
ready- incensed  followers,  now 
with  someone  else  to  vent 
their  anger  on.  were  bound  to 
respond  and  it  was  no  sur- 
prise to  hear  a lone  voice 
reply:  “One  triple  vodka, 
there's  only  one  triple  vodka.” 
It  was  a fiirther  15  minutes 
before  Adams  was  able  to 
retaliate  but  when  he  did  ap- 
pear on  the  pitch  he  gave  the 
impression  of  a man  in  rude 
health  both  physically  and 
mentally.  His  commitment  to 
Arsenal  has  never  been  ques- 
tioned but  there  was  a confi- 
dence to  his  performance  that 
was  positively  articulate  in 
comparison  with  the  incoher- 
ent mumbling  of  Middles- 
brough’s -’defenders". 

One  man  this  did  not  shock 
was  Pat  Rice,  Arsenal's  second 
caretaker  manager  of  the 
month.  “Tony  was  bursting  to 
get  on,"  said  Rice.  “He  was 
like  a stallion  caged.  I never 
thought  about  not  bringing 
him  on;  he  typifies  everything 
that's  good  at  the  club." 

Of  his  player's  emotional 
state  after  the  game.  Rice 
said:  "Tony's  fine,  Tony's 
bubbling.  Tony's  . . . well. 
Tony’s  Tony.”  Rice  then  em- 
phatically denied  that  Tony 
would  shortly  depart  High- 
bury for  Leeds.  "No  chance, 
not  even  for  George  [Gra- 
ham], not  even  for  no  one. 
Tony  Adams  is  not  leaving 
the  Arsenal."  There  was  only 
one  more  question  on  the  Ad- 
ams situation  and  Rice 
answered  that  frankly  too: 
“Tony’s  nol  drinking  no 
more." 

That  left  Rice  free  to  com- 
ment on  the  match  and  the 
future.  Although  he  could  not 
talk  with  certainty  about  his 
own  position,  be  hoped  that 
Arsfene  Wenger’s  arrival 
would  signal  “the  dawning  of 
a new  era”.  Of  the  19  minutes 
he  had  just  witnessed.  Rice  s 
most  pertinent  observation 
was  that  "good  defending  is 
an  art". 

Od  this  evidence.  Bryan 
Robson  should  call  the  paint- 
ers in.  He  recognised  the  de- 
fensive deficiencies  of  his 
back  five  that  contributed  to 
Arsenal's  goals  and  realised 
that  it  could  have  been  signif- 
icantly worse. 

Arsenal’s  first  saw  Dixon's 
simplest  of  crossfield  balls  by- 
pass the  whole  defence,  let- 
ting Hartson  lob  the  exposed 
Miller.  The  second  followed 
an  embarrassing  stumble  by 
Vickers  that  gave  Wright 
time  and  space  calmly  to 
score  his  101st  League  goal  for 
Arsenal.  Merson  then  hit  the 
bar  on  half-time  and  missed  a 
sitter  10  minutes  from  the  end 
after  another  mistake  by 
Whelan. 

There  were  other  chances 
but  Middlesbrough  also  had  a 
couple.  Juoinho.  looking 
totally  acclimatised,  worked 
constantly  and  Ravanelll  hit 
the  woodwork  twice.  The  Ital- 
ian had  an  unfulfilling  after- 
noon but  can  console  himself 
with  the  knowledge  that  the 
“peace,  solitude  and  sanity" 
he  says  he  has  found  in  the 
Cleveland  Hills  would  not 
have  been  on  offer  at  High- 
bury this  season. 


English  eyes 
on  Klinsmann 

'NGLISH  clubs  will  be 
lalerted  by  news  that  Jur- 
gen Klinsmann  has  a clause 
in  his  contract  allowing  him 
to  leave  Bayern  Munich  on  a 
free  transfer  at  the  end  of  the 
season.  Everton  and  Black- 
bum  have  both  been  linked 
with  the  former  Tottenham 
striker. 

Southampton’s  hopes  of 
signing  the  Portuguese 
striker  Paolo  Alves  in  time 
for  tonight's  Premiership 
game  at  Wimbledon  have  hit 
a snag  after  Sporting  Lisbon 
suddenly  asked  for  more 
money. 

Terry  Vena  bles's  business 
associate  Eddie  Ashby  has 
been  banned  by  the  High 
Court  from  becoming  a com- 
pany director  for  nine  years. 
It  follows  an  investigation 
into  a clothes  company,  quar- 
ter-owned by  Ashby,  which 
went  into  receivership  owing 
£1  million. 

Ashby  appears  at  London's 
Knigbtsbridge  Crown  Court 
on  October  28  charged  with 
taking  part  in  the  running  of 
Tottenham  Hot9pur  while  an 
undischarged  bankrupt. 


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Richard  Williams  sees  Villeneuve  win  in  Estoril  and 
take  the  world  championship  battle  to  the  final  race 


Damon  hill’s 

long  quest  for  the 
Formula  One 
world  champion- 
ship will  go  down 
to  the  wire  but  at  least  the 
odds  keep  improving.  By  fin- 1 
ishing  second  to  his  Williams  , 
team-mate  and  title  chal- 
lenger Jacques  Villeneuve  In 
the  Portuguese  Grand  Prix 
here  yesterday  he  ensured 
that  he  needs  only  a single 
point  from  the  final  race  of 
the  season,  at  Suzuka  in  three 
weeks’  time. 

One  point  is  the  margin  by 
which  Hill  lost  the  champion- 
ship to  Michael  Schumacher 
at  Suzuka  two  years  ago  but 
the  omens  are  better  this 
time,  despite  yesterday's 
failure. 

Hill’s  Williams-Renault  led 
the  race  for  50  laps,  with 
Villeneuve  in  close  atten- 
dance. hut  slick  work  by  the 
French-Canadian  and  his 
crew  enabled  him  to  take  the 


lead  during  the  third  round  of 
pit  stops.  He  pulled  away 
from  Hill  and  with  16  laps  to 
go  the  Englishman  was 
warned  of  a clutch  malfunc- 1 
tion  by  his  engineers  and 
slowed  up  to  preserve  his 
second  place.  Schumacher 
finished  third  in  his  Ferrari, 
ahead  of  Jean  Alesi's  Be  net 
ton-Renault 

By  taking  the  winner’s  10 
points  to  Hill's  six.  Villeneuve 
ensured  that  he  had  done  just 
enough  to  keep  the  champion- 
ship alive  into  the  I6tb  and 
last  round  He  needed  a four- 
point  differential  and  he  got  it 
with  a drive  of  impressive 
power  and  purpose.  Now  he 
has  cut  the  margin  to  nine 
points,  which  keeps  Hill  just 
within  range. 

Villeneuve  will  need  not 
only  to  win  the  Japanese 
Grand  Prix  but  to  see  Hill  fin- 
ish lower  than  sixth.  If  Ville- 
neuve wins  and  Hill  takes  the 
single  point  available  for 


sixth  place,  they  will  be  level 
on  88  points.  In  that  case  Hill 
will  take  the  title  by  virtue  of 
having  won  seven  races  this 
season  to  Villeneuve’s  five. 

The  supremacy  of  the  two 
Williams-Renault  cars  was 
clear  from  start  to  finish  of 
yesterday’s  race,  as  it  has 
been  since  Hill  began  the  sea- 
son with  three  wins  in  a row, 
a sequence  eventually  broken 
by  Villeneuve’s  debut  victory. 
The  pair  have  now  won  11  of 
the  season’s  15  races  between 
them,  and  Estoril  saw  a fight 
between  equals  until  the 
clutch  problem  slowed  the 
championship  leader. 

Hill  was  generous  in  defeat. 
“Jacques  was  flying,"  he  said. 
“He  drove  a great  race  today. 
To  come  from  fourth  after  the 
start  to  win  the  race  is  no 
mean  feat  around  here.  There 
was  no  way  I could  stay  with 
him.  And  then  1 got  a warning 
about  the  clutch  problems 
and  I had  to  back  off.  Td  felt  a 


couple  of  bad  gear-shifts.  The 
pit  didn't  tell  me  to  slow  down 
but  the  alarm  bells  started 
ringing.  You  can  imagine  that 
I didn’t  want  a mechanical 
failure  on  the  car  at  that  stage 
of  the  race." 

He  is  becoming  accustomed 
to  the  frustration.  "Of  course, 
before  the  race  I couldn’t  help 
but  think  that  I was  within  an 
hour  and  45  minutes  perhaps 
of  becoming  world  champion. 
Now  I'll  have  to  wait  until  Su- 
zuka to  find  out  if  it's  going  to 
happen.  But  I’ve  waited  all 
season.  Longer  than  that,  ac- 
tually. So  I can  bear  to  wait 
the  last  three  weeks.  I'm  look- 
ing forward  to  Suzuka.  It 
should  be  very  exciting.’’ 

The  tension  inherent  in 
Hill’s  predicament  was  appar- 
ent in  his  behaviour  at  the 
start  of  the  race.  He  got  away 
well  from  pole  position,  on 
the  left  of  the  track  while 
Villeneuve  spun  his  wheels. 
But  Alesi,  as  he  had  done  at 
Monza  a fortnight  ago,  took 
off  even  better  and  came 
down  the  right-hand  side, 
drawing  alongside  Hill. 

Turn  to  page  13,  column  7 


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charged  (7) 

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best  in  test  arranged  (4-3) 

9  Loved  getting  about  a 
quarter  decorated  (7) 

10  This  might  well  give  the 
viewer  better  definition  (7) 

11  Peers  had  a problem  — 
offensive  leaders  (9) 

12  Praise  given  at  onetime  to 
the  Left  (5) 


13  Spoken  about  quietly,  which 
is  most  pleasant  (5) 

15  The  person  looking  around 
these  rigs  will  make 
changes  (9) 

17  Sort  of  spine  seen  by  many 
a doctor  in  the  city  (9) 

1 9 An  equestrian  recommen- 
dation offered  in  court  (5) 

22  Old  Greek's  room  (5) 

23  Paper  for  the  artist  in  a 
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